Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from kiosk by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (bottle) and smaskig > smarrig (yummy, tasty).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tjorre c

  1. (colloquial) kiosk
    Synonym: kiosk

Declension

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Declension of tjorre 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tjorre tjorren tjorrar tjorrarna
Genitive tjorres tjorrens tjorrars tjorrarnas

References

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  • Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020