mattpiskare

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References
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