rappakalja
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Finnish rapakalja. Shifts in sense seems to have gone from "beer" (as in Finnish) via "gruel" (a sense not attested in Finnish) to "mess", to current sense.
Noun[edit]
rappakalja c
- (confused) nonsense (talk)
- Vilken rappakalja! De verkar inte ha en aning om vad de snackar om.
- What nonsense! They don't seem to have any idea what they're talking about.
- (archaic) beer of bad quality
Declension[edit]
| Declension of rappakalja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | rappakalja | rappakaljan | — | — |
| Genitive | rappakaljas | rappakaljans | — | — |