grundläggare

Swedish

Etymology

From grundlägga +‎ -are, like German Grundleger. Used for a mason of foundations since c. 1870. The other sense is older, known in Swedish since 1746, and most likely borrowed from German.

Noun

grundläggare c

  1. a mason who lays the foundation (to a building)
  2. a founder (one who establishes an organization, a business, a city, etc.)

Declension

Declension of grundläggare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite grundläggare grundläggares
definite grundläggaren grundläggarens
plural indefinite grundläggare grundläggares
definite grundläggarna grundläggarnas

References

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