kälkborgare

Swedish

Etymology

Probably a contraction of the unattested *Kälkestadsborgare (“inhabitant of Kälkestad”), with Kälkestad being an imaginary town (akin to English Palookaville).

Noun

kälkborgare c

  1. philistine
    Synonyms: bracka, filister, småborgare, spetsborgare

Declension

Declension of kälkborgare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kälkborgare kälkborgares
definite kälkborgaren kälkborgarens
plural indefinite kälkborgare kälkborgares
definite kälkborgarna kälkborgarnas

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