kälkborgare

Swedish

Etymology

Probably a contraction of the unattested *Kälkestadsborgare (“inhabitant of Kälkestad”), with Kälkestad being an imaginary town (akin to English Palookaville).

Noun

kälkborgare c

philistine
Synonyms: bracka, filister, småborgare, spetsborgare

Declension

Declension of kälkborgare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kälkborgare	kälkborgaren	kälkborgare	kälkborgarna
Genitive	kälkborgares	kälkborgarens	kälkborgares	kälkborgarnas

Derived terms

kälkborgerlig

References

kälkborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
kälkborgare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
kälkborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
kälkborgare in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1911)
kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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