skvallerkärring
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From skvaller (“gossip”) + kärring (“disagreeable (older) woman”).
Noun
skvallerkärring c
- (colloquial, derogatory, usually of a woman) a gossip, a gossip-monger, a tattletale
- Synonyms: sladderkärring, skvallertacka, sladdertacka
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skvallerkärring | skvallerkärrings |
| definite | skvallerkärringen | skvallerkärringens | |
| plural | indefinite | skvallerkärringar | skvallerkärringars |
| definite | skvallerkärringarna | skvallerkärringarnas |