snickare
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish snitkare, snidhkare, from Middle Low German sniddeker, snidker, snicker. Cognate of Danish snedker and Norwegian Bokmål snekker.
By surface analysis, snicka + -are. The dialectal verb snicka is from Old Swedish snikka, from Old Norse *sníðka, from sníða (from whence also snida).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]snickare c
- a carpenter (woodworker)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of snickare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | snickare | snickaren | snickare | snickarna |
| Genitive | snickares | snickarens | snickares | snickarnas |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snickare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snickare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snickare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)