drummel
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Disputed. Held by some to be borrowed from Middle Low German drummel (“lump”), more likely deverbal from drumla. Compare English drumble.
Noun
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- someone ill-mannered or (socially) clumsy; an oaf
- Vad kallade du drottningen, din drummel?
- What did you call the Queen, you oaf?
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | drummel | drummels |
| definite | drummeln | drummelns | |
| plural | indefinite | drumlar | drumlars |
| definite | drumlarna | drumlarnas |
References
[edit]- “drummel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “drummel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “drummel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- drummel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)