fågelskrämma

Swedish

Etymology

From fågel (“bird”) +‎ skrämma (“scare [device used to frighten, now chiefly in some compounds]”). First attested in 1733.

Noun

fågelskrämma c

  1. a scarecrow (effigy to deter birds)
    • 1861, Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the shrew", IV, 3, Katherine speaking
      Jag skall väl icke bli en fogelskrämma?
      Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.
    Synonym: (less common) åkerspöke

Declension

Declension of fågelskrämma
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fågelskrämma fågelskrämmas
definite fågelskrämman fågelskrämmans
plural indefinite fågelskrämmor fågelskrämmors
definite fågelskrämmorna fågelskrämmornas

References

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