stackare

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stafkarl, stakkarl, stakere.

Noun

stackare c

  1. a person or animal that evokes pity; a poor guy, a poor thing, etc.
    Någon stackare hade gått vilse i skogen
    Some poor guy had gotten lost in the woods
    Hundstackaren blev stucken på nosen av ett bi
    The poor dog got stung on the nose by a bee
    Din stackare!
    You poor guy!
    Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna!
    Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun]

Conjugation

Declension of stackare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite stackare stackares
definite stackaren stackarens
plural indefinite stackare stackares
definite stackarna stackarnas

See also

See also

References

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