mumintrollsvenska
Swedish
Etymology
Compound of mumintroll + svenska; Swedish spoken with Finnish accents is rarely heard in Swedish media outside of Moomin cartoons.
Noun
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- (slang, humorous) Finland Swedish, Swedish language as spoken natively by Finns; literally "Moomin-Swedish"
- Synonyms: finlandssvenska, muminsvenska
- 2009 December 15, Erik Nises, “Marks leende kupp”, in Aftonbladet[1], updated on 3 March 2011:
- Och kvällens konferencier Mark Levengood är, för utom för sin klingande mumintrollsvenska, känd för just sitt smittande leende.
- And the evening's host Mark Levengood is known for his infectious smile in addition to his resounding Moomin-Swedish.
- 2024 January 22, Elin Jönsson, Agnès Ericsson, “Alexander Stubb i ledning i finska presidentvalet”, in Expressen[2]:
- [Stubb] tillägger:
– Förstås känns det bra att jag borde kunna kommunicera med Sverige också med lite mumintrollsvenska.- [Stubb] adds: 'Of course, it feels good that I should also be able to communicate with Sweden in a little Moomin-Swedish.'
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | mumintrollsvenska | mumintrollsvenskas |
| definite | mumintrollsvenskan | mumintrollsvenskans | |
| plural | indefinite | mumintrollsvenskor | mumintrollsvenskors |
| definite | mumintrollsvenskorna | mumintrollsvenskornas |
Descendants
- → Finnish: muumiruotsi (calque)
See also
- mumintroll (“Finnish person”)