mattpiskare

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Swedish[edit]

(1) A Dutch woman holding a rug and carpetbeater.
(2) Four carpet beaters in India.

Etymology[edit]

Compound of matta (“carpet”) +‎ piskare (“whipper”). In tool sense; according to SAOB attested since 1871.

Noun[edit]

mattpiskare c

  1. Alternative form of mattpiska (“carpetbeater”).
  2. A person who beat a carpet.
    Anton är vår mattpiskare för idag.
    Anton is our carpet beater for today.

Declension[edit]

Declension of mattpiskare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mattpiskare mattpiskaren mattpiskare mattpiskarna
Genitive mattpiskares mattpiskarens mattpiskares mattpiskarnas

References[edit]

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