borgare

Swedish

Etymology

From borg +‎ -are, compare German Bürger.

Noun

borgare c

1. a member of the bourgeoisie, a town-dweller, a citizen
2. (often somewhat derogatory) a person who votes for, supports, or is a politician in a nonsocialist party
3. (historical) one of the four estates (nobility, priests, bourgeoisie, peasants)

Declension

Declension of borgare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	borgare	borgares
	definite	borgaren	borgarens
plural	indefinite	borgare	borgares
	definite	borgarna	borgarnas

Derived terms

• borgarbracka
• borgarstånd
• medborgare

Related terms

• borgerlig

References

• borgare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• borgare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• borgare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)