sjöman

sjö (“sea”) +‎ man (“man”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧøːˌman/

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sjöman c

1. a sailor, a seaman, a mariner
   • 1970, “Kalle Teodor”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics), Georg Riedel (music)‎^[1]:

     Minns du en sjöman för länge, länge sen? Minns du? Hans namn var Kalle Teodor. Aldrig så ser du den sjömannen igen. Han vilar i havet, Kalle Teodor. Men en stormnatt kan du höra nån som ropar: Hej hå! Ifrån havets djup det kommer, och det låter så: Hej hå! Hej hå!

     Do you remember a sailor a long, long time ago [or "from long, long ago" or "a sailor long, long ago" or the like, but this is the literal meaning]? Do you remember? His name was Kalle Teodor. Never you will see that sailor again. He rests in the sea, Kalle Teodor. But on a stormy night you can hear someone calling: Hey ho! From the ocean depths ["the sea's depth(s)" – intuitively "depth," though the plural is identical – singular is idiomatic in "dras ner i djupet" (be pulled into the depths [depth]), for example] it comes, and it sounds like that: Hey ho! Hey ho! [Or "and it sounds like so," but that is an idiomatic way of saying "and it sounds like that," whereas "and it sounds like this" would normally be put as "och det låter så här." The official lyrics have a colon.]

• sjömanskap

• sailor (“English-speaking sailor”)

• sjöman in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sjöman in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)