drickspengar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish drykkiapæningar (“money used for beverages”). Compare German Trinkgeld, French pourboire, Danish drikkepenge, Dutch drinkgeld, Finnish juomaraha.

Noun

drickspengar c pl

1. tip (voluntary surcharge)

Declension

Declension of drickspengar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—
plural	indefinite	drickspengar	drickspengars
	definite	drickspengarna	drickspengarnas

Derived terms

• dricks

References

• drickspengar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• drickspengar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dricka (1) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)