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 [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “tjänare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “tjänare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)