borgare
Swedish
Etymology
From borg + -are, compare German Bürger.
Noun
borgare c
- a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a citizen
- (often somewhat derogatory) a person who votes for, supports, or is a politician in a nonsocialist party
- en borgare i Mercedes
- a bourgeois in a Mercedes
- (historical) one of the four estates (nobility, priests, bourgeoisie, peasants)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | borgare | borgares |
| definite | borgaren | borgarens | |
| plural | indefinite | borgare | borgares |
| definite | borgarna | borgarnas |
Derived terms
- borgarbracka
- borgarstånd
- medborgare
Related terms
See also
References
- “borgare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “borgare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “borgare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)