hedersknyffel

Swedish

Etymology

From heder (“honor”) +‎ -s- +‎ knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards.

Noun

hedersknyffel c

  1. (dated, humorous) a jolly good fellow, a regular trump, a really nice person
    Hör nu, hedersknyfflar, vi äro f.n. i en svår klämma.
    Listen now, my dear friends, we are currently in a very dire situation.

Declension

Declension of hedersknyffel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hedersknyffel hedersknyffels
definite hedersknyffeln hedersknyffelns
plural indefinite hedersknyfflar hedersknyfflars
definite hedersknyfflarna hedersknyfflarnas

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