"gubbe" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

Forms: gubben [definite, singular], gubber [indefinite, plural], gubbene [definite, plural]
Etymology: Unknown, but some believe it to be a shortening of the word godbonde ("good-farmer" or "husband"), also thought to be borrowed directly from Swedish gubbe. Probably akin to the Nynorsk verb guve ("to stand crouching") which is from Old Norse gaupn ("something bent"). Etymology templates: {{unk|nb}} Unknown, {{m|sv|gubbe}} gubbe, {{m|nn|guve}} guve, {{cog|non|gaupn}} Old Norse gaupn
  1. An old man, geezer, husband, man of the house (lovingly or derogatory) Tags: masculine Synonyms (old man): gamling, gråskjegg, knark, metusalem, olding
    Sense id: en-gubbe-nb-noun-SLlccMqU Disambiguation of 'old man': 100 0
  2. A stick of dynamite Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gubbe-nb-noun-2s~vNQR5

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: gubben [definite, singular], gubbar [indefinite, plural], gubbane [definite, plural]
Etymology: Unknown. Compare Swedish gubbe. Etymology templates: {{unk|nn}} Unknown, {{cog|sv|gubbe}} Swedish gubbe
  1. An old man, geezer, husband, man of the house (lovingly or derogatory) Tags: masculine Synonyms (old man): gamling, gråskjegg, knark, metusalem, olding
    Sense id: en-gubbe-nn-noun-SLlccMqU Disambiguation of 'old man': 100 0
  2. A stick of dynamite Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gubbe-nn-noun-2s~vNQR5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tregubbe

Noun [Swedish]

IPA: /ˈɡɵbːˌɛ/
Rhymes: -²ɵbɛ Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} gubbe c, {{sv-noun|c}} gubbe c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-ar|2=gubb}}, {{sv-decl-noun|gubbe|gubben|gubbar|gubbarna|gubbes|gubbens|gubbars|gubbarnas|base=gubbe|definitions=|gender=Common}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gubbe [indefinite, nominative, singular], gubben [definite, nominative, singular], gubbar [indefinite, nominative, plural], gubbarna [definite, nominative, plural], gubbes [genitive, indefinite, singular], gubbens [definite, genitive, singular], gubbars [genitive, indefinite, plural], gubbarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (informal, sometimes derogatory) an older or elderly man Tags: common-gender, derogatory, informal, sometimes
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-0Mt9-9Xk
  2. (informal) one's husband Tags: common-gender, informal
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-m5G7wh5k
  3. (informal, by extension, often endearing) a young boy; a little man, a little guy Tags: broadly, common-gender, endearing, informal, often
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-Ezpllv16 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 69 10 3 6 10
  4. (informal) a (male) character (especially in a game or artwork), a guy (referred to generically) Tags: common-gender, informal
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-AZ2jCHg9
  5. (colloquial) a cheeky attempt Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-gENWx9px
  6. (dialectal) a small lump Tags: common-gender, dialectal
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-YTs4G7r9
  7. (slang) one gram (of an illegal drug) Tags: common-gender, slang
    Sense id: en-gubbe-sv-noun-AsNygT3p
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gamling, gumma
Derived forms: dynamitgubbe (english: stick of dynamite), farsgubbe (english: dad, old man), flyttgubbe (english: mover), ful gubbe (english: dirty old man), fullgubbe, gubbaktig, gubben i lådan (english: jack-in-the-box), gubben i månen (english: the man in the moon), gubbig, gubbjävel, gubbkeps (english: flat cap), gubbröra, gubbsjuk, gubbslem, gubbsnygg (english: old man handsome), gubbstrutt, gubbtjyv, halmgubbe (english: straw man), jordgubbe (english: strawberry), korvgubbe, krutgubbe, lyktgubbe, sjutton gubbar, snuskgubbe, snögubbe (english: snowman), sopgubbe (english: garbage man), sömngubbe (english: sleep (in the corner of the eye)), tomtegubbe

Inflected forms

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      "english": "snowman",
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      "english": "garbage man",
      "word": "sopgubbe"
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      "english": "sleep (in the corner of the eye)",
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          "english": "Go straight ahead, towards those old men over there",
          "text": "Gå rakt fram, mot gubbarna där borta",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "old men and women",
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          "text": "Jag gick till teatern med min gubbe",
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        "(informal) one's husband"
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          "english": "little man",
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        "often"
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        {
          "english": "How many guys/units should I attack with?",
          "text": "Hur många gubbar ska jag anfalla med?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a platformer with a guy that jumps",
          "text": "ett plattformsspel med en gubbe som hoppar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "collect Warhammer miniatures",
          "text": "samla på Warhammer-gubbar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She liked to draw strange characters",
          "text": "Hon gillade att rita konstiga gubbar",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
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        "a (male) character (especially in a game or artwork), a guy (referred to generically)"
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        "(informal) a (male) character (especially in a game or artwork), a guy (referred to generically)"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "Nope! Not falling for that one!",
          "text": "Nej du! Den gubben går inte!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a cheeky attempt"
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        "(colloquial) a cheeky attempt"
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        "colloquial",
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      "glosses": [
        "a small lump"
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          "lump"
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        "(dialectal) a small lump"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Five 0.8 gram pieces could easily be hidden in one's pocket. He sold one \"gram\" of cocaine for between 800 and 1 000 kronor.",
          "ref": "2021, Diamant Salihu, Tills alla dör [Until everyone dies], Mondial, page 79",
          "text": "Fem »gubbar« på 0,8 gram styck kunde lätt gömmas i fickan. Han sålde en »gubbe« kokain för mellan 800 och 1 000 kronor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        [
          "gram",
          "gram"
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        "(slang) one gram (of an illegal drug)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɵbːˌɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-²ɵbɛ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gubbe"
}
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      "args": {
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown, but some believe it to be a shortening of the word godbonde (\"good-farmer\" or \"husband\"), also thought to be borrowed directly from Swedish gubbe. Probably akin to the Nynorsk verb guve (\"to stand crouching\") which is from Old Norse gaupn (\"something bent\").",
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    {
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "gubber",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "A white-haired old man walked by.",
          "text": "En hvithåret gubbe gikk forbi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'll ask the man of the house.",
          "text": "Jeg skal spørre gubben",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What does the old geezer want now?",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "Someone threw dynamite sticks at my store!",
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        }
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        "A stick of dynamite"
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        [
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      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "gråskjegg"
    },
    {
      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "knark"
    },
    {
      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "metusalem"
    },
    {
      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "olding"
    }
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  "word": "gubbe"
}

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      "args": {
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Compare Swedish gubbe.",
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        "definite",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "A white-haired old man walked by.",
          "text": "Ein kvithåra gubbe gjekk forbi.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I'll ask the man of the house.",
          "text": "Eg skal spørja gubben",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What does the old geezer want now?",
          "text": "Kva er det den gamle gubben vil no, då?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An old man, geezer, husband, man of the house (lovingly or derogatory)"
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        [
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          "geezer"
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        [
          "husband",
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "Someone threw dynamite sticks at my store!",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "A stick of dynamite"
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        [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "gamling"
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      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "gråskjegg"
    },
    {
      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "knark"
    },
    {
      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "metusalem"
    },
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      "sense": "old man",
      "word": "olding"
    }
  ],
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}

{
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    "Rhymes:Swedish/²ɵbɛ",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/²ɵbɛ/2 syllables",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "stick of dynamite",
      "word": "dynamitgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "dad, old man",
      "word": "farsgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "mover",
      "word": "flyttgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "dirty old man",
      "word": "ful gubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "fullgubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbaktig"
    },
    {
      "english": "jack-in-the-box",
      "word": "gubben i lådan"
    },
    {
      "english": "the man in the moon",
      "word": "gubben i månen"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbig"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbjävel"
    },
    {
      "english": "flat cap",
      "word": "gubbkeps"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbröra"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbsjuk"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbslem"
    },
    {
      "english": "old man handsome",
      "word": "gubbsnygg"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbstrutt"
    },
    {
      "word": "gubbtjyv"
    },
    {
      "english": "straw man",
      "word": "halmgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "strawberry",
      "word": "jordgubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "korvgubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "krutgubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "lyktgubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "sjutton gubbar"
    },
    {
      "word": "snuskgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "snowman",
      "word": "snögubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "garbage man",
      "word": "sopgubbe"
    },
    {
      "english": "sleep (in the corner of the eye)",
      "word": "sömngubbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tomtegubbe"
    }
  ],
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            "2": "gube",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: gube",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: gube"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-ar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gubbe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gubbarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "expansion": "gubbe c",
      "name": "head"
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        "1": "c"
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      "name": "sv-noun"
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        "7": "gubbars",
        "8": "gubbarnas",
        "base": "gubbe",
        "definitions": "",
        "gender": "Common"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gamling"
    },
    {
      "word": "gumma"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish derogatory terms",
        "Swedish informal terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Go straight ahead, towards those old men over there",
          "text": "Gå rakt fram, mot gubbarna där borta",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "old men and women",
          "text": "gubbar och gummor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an older or elderly man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, sometimes derogatory) an older or elderly man"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish informal terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I went to the theater with my husband",
          "text": "Jag gick till teatern med min gubbe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's husband"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "husband",
          "husband"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) one's husband"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish endearing terms",
        "Swedish informal terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "little man",
          "text": "lilla gubben",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a young boy; a little man, a little guy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "little man",
          "little man"
        ],
        [
          "little guy",
          "little guy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, by extension, often endearing) a young boy; a little man, a little guy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "common-gender",
        "endearing",
        "informal",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish informal terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How many guys/units should I attack with?",
          "text": "Hur många gubbar ska jag anfalla med?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a platformer with a guy that jumps",
          "text": "ett plattformsspel med en gubbe som hoppar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "collect Warhammer miniatures",
          "text": "samla på Warhammer-gubbar",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She liked to draw strange characters",
          "text": "Hon gillade att rita konstiga gubbar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a (male) character (especially in a game or artwork), a guy (referred to generically)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "character",
          "character"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) a (male) character (especially in a game or artwork), a guy (referred to generically)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nope! Not falling for that one!",
          "text": "Nej du! Den gubben går inte!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cheeky attempt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheeky",
          "cheeky"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) a cheeky attempt"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a small lump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) a small lump"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish slang",
        "Swedish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Five 0.8 gram pieces could easily be hidden in one's pocket. He sold one \"gram\" of cocaine for between 800 and 1 000 kronor.",
          "ref": "2021, Diamant Salihu, Tills alla dör [Until everyone dies], Mondial, page 79",
          "text": "Fem »gubbar« på 0,8 gram styck kunde lätt gömmas i fickan. Han sålde en »gubbe« kokain för mellan 800 och 1 000 kronor.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one gram (of an illegal drug)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gram",
          "gram"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) one gram (of an illegal drug)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɵbːˌɛ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-²ɵbɛ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gubbe"
}

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