sosse

See also: şosse, Sosse, and Soße

Swedish

Alternative forms

• såsse

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of a clipping of Socialdemokraterna, socialdemokrat or socialist +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊˌsɛ/, /ˈsɔˌsɛ/

Noun

sosse c

1. (colloquial, politics, often derogatory) a social democrat
   1. (usually) a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))

Usage notes

Often used as a prefix in compounds forming words such as sossegöra (“things only social democrats do”), sosseyrke (“social democrat job”) and sosselivsstil (“social democrat livestyle”).

Declension

Declension of sosse

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sosse	sosses
	definite	sossen	sossens
plural	indefinite	sossar	sossars
	definite	sossarna	sossarnas

Derived terms

• Sossarna (“The Social democrats”), from the plural

Related terms

• sossig

See also

• borgarbracka

References

• sosse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sosse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sosse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)