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Rövarspråket

Rövarspråket proper noun: a type of wordplay that originated in Sweden in which the consonants of words are doubled, with the letter o inserted between them.

Proper noun

Rövarspråket

  1. A type of wordplay that originated in Sweden in which the consonants of words are doubled, with the letter o inserted between them.

Origin of Rövarspråket

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish rövarspråket (“the language of robbers”), from rövare (“robber”) + språk (“language”).

Questions about Rövarspråket

What does Rövarspråket mean?
Rövarspråket means a type of wordplay that originated in Sweden in which the consonants of words are doubled, with the letter o inserted between them.
What part of speech is Rövarspråket?
Rövarspråket is a proper noun.

Words near Rövarspråket in the dictionary

  1. röntgenograms
  2. röntgenology
  3. röntgens
  4. rösti
  5. röstis
  6. Rövarspråket
  7. Rødberg
  8. Rødby
  9. Rødovre
  10. Rønne
  11. Røykenvik

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