fågelskrämma

Swedish

Etymology

From fågel (“bird”) +‎ skrämma (“to scare”), used since 1733.

Noun

fågelskrämma c

  1. a scarecrow; device to scare off birds
    • 1861, Hagberg, translation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the shrew", IV, 3, Katherine speaking
      Jag skall väl icke bli en fogelskrämma?
      Belike you mean to make a puppet of me.
    Synonym: (less common) åkerspöke

Declension
Declension of fågelskrämma 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fågelskrämma fågelskrämman fågelskrämmor fågelskrämmorna
Genitive fågelskrämmas fågelskrämmans fågelskrämmors fågelskrämmornas

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.