vedersakare

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German Widersacher, equivalent to veder- (“against”) +‎ sak (“dispute”) +‎ -are (“-er”). Cognate of English withersake.

Noun

vedersakare c

1. opponent, rival, adversary, critic

   Synonym: ovän

Declension

Declension of vedersakare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vedersakare	vedersakares
	definite	vedersakaren	vedersakarens
plural	indefinite	vedersakare	vedersakares
	definite	vedersakarna	vedersakarnas

References

• vedersakare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vedersakare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vedersakare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)