svengelska

Swedish

Etymology

Blend of svenska +‎ engelska.

Noun

svengelska c (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Swenglish (Swedish with English influence)
  2. (colloquial) Swenglish (English with Swedish influence)
    Att kalla ett innertak för "roof" är svengelska
    Calling a ceiling a "roof" is Swenglish
    Tak means both roof and ceiling.
    Åh, vad jag skäms över min pappas svengelska: "Hällöv, maj näjm iss Göran".
    Oh, I'm so embarrassed by my father's Swenglish: "Hällöv, maj näjm iss Göran". (English spelled as Swedish)

Declension

Declension of svengelska
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svengelska svengelskas
definite svengelskan svengelskans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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References

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