karlakarl

Swedish

Etymology

karl (“man”) +‎ -a- +‎ karl (“man”)

Noun

karlakarl c

  1. a man who's (very) strong, handy, tough, and/or other things considered manly; a manly man, a "real" man
    Bengt byggde sitt eget hus och seglade över Atlanten efteråt. Vilken karlakarl!
    Bengt built his own house and sailed across the Atlantic afterwards. What a manly man!

Declension

Declension of karlakarl
nominative genitive
singular indefinite karlakarl karlakarls
definite karlakarlen karlakarlens
plural indefinite karlakarlar karlakarlars
definite karlakarlarna karlakarlarnas

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