hedersknyffel

Swedish

Etymology

From heder (“honor”) +‎ -s- +‎ knyffel, used since 1834. The word knyffel possibly originates from karnyffel/karnibel/karnobel (“a mean person”), from Danish karniffel and German Karnüffel, a card game and the jack in a deck of cards.

Noun

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(dated, humorous) a jolly good fellow, a regular trump, a really nice person
Hör nu, hedersknyfflar, vi äro f.n. i en svår klämma.
Listen now, my dear friends, we are currently in a very dire situation.

Declension

Declension of hedersknyffel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hedersknyffel	hedersknyffeln	hedersknyfflar	hedersknyfflarna
Genitive	hedersknyffels	hedersknyffelns	hedersknyfflars	hedersknyfflarnas

Synonyms

hedersman

References

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

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