"bamse" meaning in Swedish

See bamse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse. Etymology templates: {{cog|nn|bamse}} Norwegian Nynorsk bamse Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} bamse c, {{sv-noun|c}} bamse c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bamse [indefinite, nominative, singular], bamses [genitive, indefinite, singular], bamsen [definite, nominative, singular], bamsens [definite, genitive, singular], bamsar [indefinite, nominative, plural], bamsars [genitive, indefinite, plural], bamsarna [definite, nominative, plural], bamsarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (colloquial, often endearing) a bear Tags: colloquial, common-gender, endearing, often Synonyms: nalle, björn
    Sense id: en-bamse-sv-noun-vB~mfRJK
  2. (colloquial) something large, a biggun Tags: colloquial, common-gender Synonyms: bamsing
    Sense id: en-bamse-sv-noun-FIQwLrJb
  3. (capitalized) Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon) Tags: capitalized, common-gender
    Sense id: en-bamse-sv-noun-Zoy2iFob Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 2 34 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: baddare, bjässe, schabrak, teddybjörn (english: teddy bear), åbäke

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bamse",
      "bamse#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "bamse"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk bamse",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bamse c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bamse c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "baddare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bjässe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schabrak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "teddy bear",
      "translation": "teddy bear",
      "word": "teddybjörn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "åbäke"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
          "text": "Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen",
          "translation": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bear"
      ],
      "id": "en-bamse-sv-noun-vB~mfRJK",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, often endearing) a bear"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nalle"
        },
        {
          "word": "björn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender",
        "endearing",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "text": "Wow! Vilken bamse.",
          "translation": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "id": "en-bamse-sv-noun-FIQwLrJb",
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "biggun",
          "biggun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bamsing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 34 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bamse-sv-noun-Zoy2iFob",
      "links": [
        [
          "capitalized",
          "capitalisation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(capitalized) Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bamse"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender nouns",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bamse",
      "bamse#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "bamse"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk bamse",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamses",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsars",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsarna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bamsarnas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bamse c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "bamse c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "baddare"
    },
    {
      "word": "bjässe"
    },
    {
      "word": "schabrak"
    },
    {
      "english": "teddy bear",
      "translation": "teddy bear",
      "word": "teddybjörn"
    },
    {
      "word": "åbäke"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish endearing terms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              34,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
          "text": "Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen",
          "translation": "The children got to feed the kind bear",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "bear",
          "bear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, often endearing) a bear"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nalle"
        },
        {
          "word": "björn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender",
        "endearing",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish colloquialisms",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "text": "Wow! Vilken bamse.",
          "translation": "Wow! That's a biggun.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "biggun",
          "biggun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) something large, a biggun"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bamsing"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capitalized",
          "capitalisation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(capitalized) Bamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bamse"
}

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