Swedish noun

en spejare

scout, spy

Meaning

scout; spy

In Swedish: person som spejar (på någons uppdrag), spion

Forms

Forms of spejare
Singular, indefiniteen spejare
Singular, definitespejaren
Plural, indefinitespejare
Plural, definitespejarna

spejare is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor spejare, den stora spejaren. Check another noun

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Is it en spejare or ett spejare?

Questions

What does spejare mean in English?

spejare means “scout, spy”.

Is it en spejare or ett spejare?

It is en spejare, and “the scout” is spejaren.

What is the plural of spejare?

spejare doesn't change in the plural: en spejare, två spejare (definite: spejarna).

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German spēære, spēer, spēger, equivalent to speja + -are.

Nearby common words

spejare is number 9,824 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary