sosse

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === såsse === Etymology === Pronunciation spelling of a clipping of Socialdemokraterna, socialdemokrat or socialist +‎ -e. Related to Norwegian Nynorsk soss, although the Norwegian word is also used in other senses. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsʊˌsɛ/, /ˈsɔˌsɛ/ === Noun === sosse c (politics, colloquial, often derogatory) synonym of socialdemokrat (especially a member or supporter of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna (S))) ==== Usage notes ==== Often used as a prefix in compounds forming words such as sossegöra (“things only social democrats do”), sosseyrke (“social democrat job”) and sosselivsstil (“social democrat lifestyle”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Sossarna (“the Social Democrats”) (from the plural definite) gråsosse ==== Related terms ==== sosseri sossig ==== See also ==== borgarbracka borgare centerpartist (“member or supporter of the Centre Party (Centerpartiet (C))”) folkpartist (“member or supporter of the People's Party (Folkpartiet (FP)) (historical – now called the Liberals)”) kristdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Christian Democrats (Kristdemokraterna (KD))”) liberal (“member or supporter of the Liberals (Liberalerna (L))”) miljöpartist (“member or supporter of the Green Party (Miljöpartiet de gröna (MP))”) moderat (“member or supporter of the Moderate Party (Moderata samlingspartiet (M))”) piratpartist (“member or supporter of the Pirate Party (Piratpartiet (PP))”) socialdemokrat (“member or supporter of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterna (S))”) sverigedemokrat (“member or supporter of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna (SD))”) vänsterpartist (“member or supporter of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet (V))”) === References === “sosse”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)