grabb

Swedish

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Noun

grabb c

1. (colloquial) a lad, a boy, a guy

   Kom igen nu, grabbar!

   Come on, guys!

   Nisses grabb

   Nisse's kid

   • 1993, Magnus Uggla, Anders Henriksson, “Trubaduren [The troubadour]”, in Alla får påsar [Everyone gets bags]‎, performed by Magnus Uggla:

     Då kom han, grabben med G, ja, en riktig gitarrknäppare. En rågblond nordisk prins, två dagars skäggstubb, t-shirt och avklippta jeans. Slog sig ner vid vår plats, presenterade sig såsom Mats. Så slog han an en ton, och började sjunga, mitt i vår konversation. Den tjej jag skulle ha i säng, föll genast in i hans refräng.

     Then he came, the guy with a G, yes, a real guitar plucker. A wheat-haired [rye-blonde] Nordic prince, two-day stubble, T-shirt and cut-off jeans. Sat down at our place, introduced himself as Mats. Then he struck a note, and started singing, right in the middle of our conversation. The girl I was going to get in bed, immediately fell into his chorus.

Usage notes

The basic meaning is boy, extended to adults similarly to English, with boyish or manly connotations.

Declension

Declension of grabb

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	grabb	grabbs
	definite	grabben	grabbens
plural	indefinite	grabbar	grabbars
	definite	grabbarna	grabbarnas

Derived terms

• grabbarna grus
• grabbatag
• grabben hela dan
• grabbhalva
• grabbnäve
• grabbtag

Related terms

• grabba
• grabbig
• grabbighet

See also

• pojke

References

• grabb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• grabb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• grabb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• grabb in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)