lösdrivare

Swedish

Etymology

lös (“loose”) +‎ driva (“drift”) +‎ -are (“-er”)

Noun

lösdrivare c

  1. a vagrant, a drifter

Usage notes

Historically in judicial contexts, vagrants being sentenced to forced labor, for example. Has a somewhat old-fashioned tone, which is sometimes deliberate in a cheeky way.

Declension

Declension of lösdrivare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lösdrivare lösdrivares
definite lösdrivaren lösdrivarens
plural indefinite lösdrivare lösdrivares
definite lösdrivarna lösdrivarnas

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