pebersvend

Danish

Etymology

peber (“pepper”) +‎ svend (“bloke, guy, man”). Originally referring to a merchant-class, dealing in goods such as pepper (see Wikipedia article for more). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk peparsvein and Norwegian Bokmål peppersvenn.

Noun

pebersvend c (singular definite pebersvenden, plural indefinite pebersvende)

  1. (dated, humorous) a bachelor over 30 years of age
    Coordinate terms: pebermø, kanelsvend, ungkarl, gammeljomfru

Inflection

Declension of pebersvend
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pebersvend pebersvenden pebersvende pebersvendene
genitive pebersvends pebersvendens pebersvendes pebersvendenes
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