Noun: revär
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | revär |
| Sg. Def. | revären |
| Pl. Indef. | revärer |
| Pl. Def. | revärerna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | revärs |
| Sg. Def. | revärens |
| Pl. Indef. | revärers |
| Pl. Def. | revärernas |
Sample Sentences
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Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat. (Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [so pluckily], a little, great soldier.) [1968, Lasse Berghagen, Benny Andersson, “Sagan om lilla Sofi [The Story of Little Sofi]”performed by Hep Stars:]
Nouns inflected like revär
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French revers. Attested since 1889. See: French Nouns '
revers'.
Translations