spetsborgare

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German Spießbürger, equivalent to spets +‎ borgare. Cognate of Danish spidsborger. Note that German Spieß (“spear”) does not mean the same as Swedish spets (“tip”).

Noun

spetsborgare c

(dated) philistine
Synonyms: kälkborgare, småborgare

Declension

Declension of spetsborgare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	spetsborgare	spetsborgaren	spetsborgare	spetsborgarna
Genitive	spetsborgares	spetsborgarens	spetsborgares	spetsborgarnas

Derived terms

spetsborgerlig

References

spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
spetsborgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
kälkborgare in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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