tattare

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish tartare, tater (Tartar). Doublet of tatar.

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tattare c

  1. (derogatory) A member of a socially ostracized, nomadic group in pre-industrial Swedish society. Today known as resandefolket ("Travellers").
    Byborna jagade iväg tattarna för att de misstänktes för stöld.
    The villagers chased away the Travellers because they were suspected of thieving.
  2. (derogatory) A Gypsy
  3. (archaic) A (Russian) Tartar.

Declension[edit]

Declension of tattare 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tattare tattaren tattare tattarna
Genitive tattares tattarens tattares tattarnas

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