stackare

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stafkarl, stakkarl, stakere.

Noun

stackare c

1. a person or animal that evokes pity; a poor guy, a poor thing, etc.

   Någon stackare hade gått vilse i skogen

   Some poor guy had gotten lost in the woods

   Hundstackaren blev stucken på nosen av ett bi

   The poor dog got stung on the nose by a bee

   Din stackare!

   You poor guy!

   Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna!

   Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun]

Conjugation

Declension of stackare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stackare	stackaren	stackare	stackarna
Genitive	stackares	stackarens	stackares	stackarnas

Related terms

• stackars

See also

• tycka synd om
• vara synd om

See also

• krake

References

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