sladderkärring

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sladderkäring

Etymology

From sladder (“gossip, tittle-tattle”) +‎ kärring (“disagreeable (older) woman”).

Noun

sladderkärring c

1. (colloquial, derogatory, usually of a woman) a gossip, a gossip-monger, a tattletale

   Synonyms: skvallerkärring, skvallertacka, sladdertacka

Declension

Declension of sladderkärring

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sladderkärring	sladderkärrings
	definite	sladderkärringen	sladderkärringens
plural	indefinite	sladderkärringar	sladderkärringars
	definite	sladderkärringarna	sladderkärringarnas

References

• sladderkärring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sladderkärring in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)