ögontjänare

Swedish

Etymology

From ögon (“eyes”) +‎ tjänare (“servant”).

Noun

ögontjänare c

  1. An eyeservant; someone mostly only concerned with fulfilling the wishes of others insofar as they think it will be noticed
    Nisse var en ögontjänare som spelade spel på jobbet när chefen inte såg på
    Nisse was an eyeservant who played video games at work when his boss wasn't watching

Declension

Declension of ögontjänare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ögontjänare ögontjänares
definite ögontjänaren ögontjänarens
plural indefinite ögontjänare ögontjänares
definite ögontjänarna ögontjänarnas

References

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