skægbarn

Danish

Etymology

skæg (“beard”) +‎ barn (“child”), after Swedish skäggbarn.

Noun

skægbarn

1. (colloquial, derogatory) An adult male assuming the identity of a child, typically to receive extra perks as an asylum seeker.
   • 2019, Pascal Engman, translated by Karsten Nielsen, Patrioterne, Art People, →ISBN:

     Om nogle år har du måske en kone, der er syg, men må dø, for at en terrorist skal få opholdstilladelse, eller fordi regeringen vil have et skægbarn herop ...

     In a few years, you might have a wife who is sick, but has to die so that a terrorist can get a residence permit, or because the government wants to bring a beard-child up here ...

   • 2020, Mikael Bergstrand, translated by Lilian Kingo, Ingemar Modigs morgengry, Modtryk, →ISBN:

     Hvis det ikke havde været for mors skyld, ville Ricky have ringet efter sine kammerater og bedt dem om at tage med hen i ghettoen for at vise skægbørnene, hvem der bestemte her i Borstafors.

     If it hadn't been for his mother's sake, Ricky would have called his buddies and asked them to go with him to the ghetto to show the beard-children who was in charge here in Borstafors.

   • 2018, Mons Kallentoft, Markus Lutteman, Heroine, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:

     Der har åbenbart floreret et rygte om, at marokkanske såkaldte “skægbørn” står bag voldtægten ...

     Apparently, a rumour has flourished that Moroccon so-called "beard-children" are behind the rape ...

Declension

Declension of skægbarn

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skægbarn	skægbarnet	skægbørn	skægbørnene
genitive	skægbarns	skægbarnets	skægbørns	skægbørnenes