torpare

Swedish

Etymology

torp +‎ -are

Noun

torpare c

  1. (historical) a crofter (person to whom a torp is rented)
  2. an owner of a small holiday cottage in the countryside, often along with a piece of land used for domestic agriculture
    • 1948, Gunde Johansson, Torparvisa (song lyrics)
      För ja ä tôrpare ja å ja har dä så bra. Ja ligger på sôffa för så ska dä va. [dialectal, normalized: För jag är torpare jag, och jag har det så bra. Jag ligger på soffan för så ska det vara.]
      Cause I'm a cottage man, I, and I'm doing so fine. I lie on the couch cause that's how it's supposed to be.

Declension

Declension of torpare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite torpare torpares
definite torparen torparens
plural indefinite torpare torpares
definite torparna torparnas
  • torparliv

References

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