taskspelare

Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1732. From German Taschenspieler, also found in Danish taskenspiller, a performer who pulls things from or puts them into a Tasche (“bag, pocket”), aus der Tasche spielen.

Noun

taskspelare c

1. a jester, a joker, a (less serious) actor, an artist, a performer

Declension

Declension of taskspelare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	taskspelare	taskspelaren	taskspelare	taskspelarna
Genitive	taskspelares	taskspelarens	taskspelares	taskspelarnas

Related terms

• taska
• taskspeleri

References

• taska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)