byråkrat
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French bureaucrate.
Noun[edit]
byråkrat m (definite singular byråkraten, indefinite plural byråkrater, definite plural byråkratene)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “byråkrat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French bureaucrate.
Noun[edit]
byråkrat m (definite singular byråkraten, indefinite plural byråkratar, definite plural byråkratane)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “byråkrat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
byråkrat c
- a bureaucrat
- 1998, “Jag ska bli en byråkrat [I will [shall] be a bureaucrat]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Electric Banana Tajm [Electric Banana Time [with jocular Swedification of "time"]], performed by Electric Banana Band:
- En dag så fråga' [frågade] min mor: Vad ska du bli när du blir stor? En modig och stark brandsoldat? Nä, jag ska bli en byråkrat. För pärmar och papper är det bästa jag vet. Jag älskar mitt hålslag och min gemmagnet. Och bruna brev i C-format. Åh, min egen ljuvliga häftapparat. Byråkrater, de har det bra. De stormtrivs på jobbet var dag. De skickar små fax hit och dit med ambition och mycket flit. För pärmar och ... [as before]. De sitter där vid varsitt bord och skriver sina svåra ord, som "avdragsgill" och "synergi". Så duktig vill jag också bli. För pärmar och ... [as before]. Och så, när klockan slår fem, då slutar jag och åker hem. Jag slipper nattskift och jour. Sån vill jag bli när jag blir stor. För pärmar och ... [as before].
- One day my mother asked: What will you be when you grow up [shall you become when you become big]? A brave and strong firefighter? No, I will be a bureaucrat. Because binders and papers are the best thing I know [or, "my favorite things"]. I love my hole punch and my paper clip magnet. And brown letters in C format. Oh, my own lovely stapler. Bureaucrats, they have it good. They feel great at work every day. They send little faxes [to] here and [to] there [hither and thither] with ambition and much diligence. Because binders and ... [as before]. They each sit there at their own table [as a fairly literal translation – literally, word for word, "They sit there at one-for-each table" – "separate" sounds a bit different] and type [or write] their difficult words, like "deductible" and "synergy." I want to be that good too. Because binders and ... [as before]. And then, when the clock strikes five, [then] I finish and go home. I don't have to work night shifts and be on call [do not have to deal with night shifts and on-call duty]. I want to be a person like that when I grow up [[a] such [person] I want to become when I become big]. Because binders and ... [as before].
Declension[edit]
| Declension of byråkrat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | byråkrat | byråkraten | byråkrater | byråkraterna |
| Genitive | byråkrats | byråkratens | byråkraters | byråkraternas |
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References[edit]
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with quotations