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stackare in a sentence

• Någon stackare hade gått vilse i skogen
  Some poor guy had gotten lost in the woods
• Hundstackaren blev stucken på nosen av ett bi
  The poor dog got stung on the nose by a bee
• Din stackare!
  You poor guy!
• Vilka är det mest synd om i skogen? Jo, myrstackarna!
  Who [plural] has the toughest time [evokes the most pity / makes you feel the sorriest for them] in the forest? It's the anthills [myrstackarna] / the poor ants [myra (“ant”) + stackarna (“the poor things”)]! [widespread pun]

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Origin

From Old Swedish stafkarl, stakkarl, stakere.

Nearby common words

stackare is number 3,290 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 3,286ubåt submarine
• 3,287my The Greek letter μ (mu)
• 3,288brydd perplexed
• 3,289utsökt exquisite
• 3,291von of; only used in surnames of nobility
• 3,292uppror revolt
• 3,293fläck spot
• 3,294därborta over there