taskspelare

Swedish

Etymology

Used in Swedish since 1732. From German Taschenspieler, also found in Danish taskenspiller, a performer who pulls things from or puts them into a Tasche (“bag, pocket”), aus der Tasche spielen.

Noun

taskspelare c

  1. a jester, a joker, a (less serious) actor, an artist, a performer

Declension
Declension of taskspelare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative taskspelare taskspelaren taskspelare taskspelarna
Genitive taskspelares taskspelarens taskspelares taskspelarnas

References
  • taska in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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