månsing
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Noun
månsing m (definite singular månsingen, indefinite plural månsingar, definite plural månsingane)
- a kind of jargon or a secret language used in Scandinavia in 19-20 centuries
Alternative forms
- monsing
Etymology
From a Månsing verb månsa (“to speak cant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
månsing c
- Any of these two cants or secret languages, which share some common vocabulary:
- Older Månsing, a cant or secret language formerly used by peddlers (knallar) especially in Västergötland.
- Younger Månsing, a sociolect or cant in common use during the 20th century by certain social groups and the underworld in and around Stockholm.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | månsing | månsings |
| definite | månsingen | månsingens | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
Declension of månsing
See also
- knoparmoj
- Category:Månsing for a list of Swedish terms in Månsing.
References
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