tjänare

== Swedish == === Etymology === (interjection sense) Ellipsis of mjuka tjänare, in turn clipping of ödmjuka tjänare (“humble servant”), from phrases such as jag är eder ödmjuka tjänare (”I am your humble servant”) etc. Compare German servus and Italian ciao. (noun sense) From tjäna (“to serve”) +‎ -are (“-er”). === Pronunciation === (Sweden) IPA(key): /²ɕɛːnarɛ/ (Finland) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕeːnɑre/ === Interjection === tjänare (colloquial) hey, yo (a colloquial greeting) ==== Alternative forms ==== tjenare (more common) ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === tjänare c servant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === tjänare in Svensk ordbok (SO) tjänare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) tjänare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)