månsing

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

månsing m (definite singular månsingen, indefinite plural månsingar, definite plural månsingane)

1. a kind of jargon or a secret language used in Scandinavia in 19-20 centuries

Swedish

Etymology

From a Månsing verb månsa (“to speak cant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mɔnsɪŋ/

Noun

månsing c

1. Any of these two cants or secret languages, who share some common vocabulary:
   1. Older Månsing, a cant or secret language formerly used by peddlers (knallar) especially in Västergötland.
   2. Younger Månsing, a sociolect or cant in common use during the 20th century by certain social groups and the underworld in and around Stockholm.

Declension

Declension of månsing
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	månsing	månsingen	—	—
Genitive	månsings	månsingens	—	—

See also

• knoparmoj

References

• månsing in Svensk ordbok (SO)