uteliggare

== Swedish == === Etymology === ute (“outdoors”) +‎ ligga (“lie”) +‎ -are (“-er”) === Noun === uteliggare c a homeless person who sleeps outdoors (or in improvised locations, like stairwells, train stations, etc.) a bum, a hobo (See the usage notes below.) ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes called a "hemlös person" when trying to avoid associations with bum, of which there are shades sometimes, though uteliggare is often used neutrally, including in the media. One case where hemlös sounds more sensitive than uteliggare is when asking someone if they're homeless ("Är du hemlös/uteliggare?"). ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== A-lagare hemlös (“homeless”) lodis (“bum, hobo”) luffare (“tramp”) lösdrivare (“vagrant”) utliggare ytterligare === References === “uteliggare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “uteliggare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “uteliggare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)