svärmorsdröm

Swedish

Etymology

svärmor (“mother-in-law”) +‎ -s- +‎ dröm (“dream”)

Noun

svärmorsdröm c

1. (informal, often ironic, sometimes derogatory) A person (usually male) whom a hypothetical mother would consider extremely eligible for marrying their child (usually female), often on account of being kind, caring, well-mannered, and successful in life.

Declension

Declension of svärmorsdröm
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	svärmorsdröm	svärmorsdrömmen	svärmorsdrömmar	svärmorsdrömmarna
Genitive	svärmorsdröms	svärmorsdrömmens	svärmorsdrömmars	svärmorsdrömmarnas

References

• svärmorsdröm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svärmorsdröm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)