sosse
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation spelling of a clipping of Socialdemokraterna, socialdemokrat or socialist + -e. Related to Norwegian Nynorsk soss, although the Norwegian word is also used in other senses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʊˌsɛ/, /ˈsɔˌsɛ/
Noun
sosse c
- (politics, colloquial, often derogatory) synonym of socialdemokrat (especially a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S)))
Usage notes
Often used as a prefix in compounds forming words such as sossegöra (“things only social democrats do”), sosseyrke (“social democrat job”) and sosselivsstil (“social democrat lifestyle”).
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sosse | sosses |
| definite | sossen | sossens | |
| plural | indefinite | sossar | sossars |
| definite | sossarna | sossarnas |
Derived terms
- Sossarna (“the Social Democrats”) (from the plural definite)
- gråsosse
Related terms
- sosseri
- sossig
See also
- borgarbracka
- borgare
- centerpartist (“member or supporter of the Centre Party (Centerpartiet (C))”)
- folkpartist (“member or supporter of the People's Party (Folkpartiet (FP)) (historical – now called the Liberals)”)
- kristdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna (KD))”)
- liberal (“member or supporter of the Liberals (Liberalerna (L))”)
- miljöpartist (“member or supporter of the Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP))”)
- moderat (“member or supporter of the Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet (M))”)
- piratpartist (“member or supporter of the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet (PP))”)
- socialdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna (S))”)
- sverigedemokrat (“member or supporter of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna (SD))”)
- vänsterpartist (“member or supporter of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet (V))”)