UrsprungRelated to Norwegian Nynorsk bamse.
- colloquial, common-gender, endearing, oftena bear
“Barnen fick mata den snälla bamsen” — The children got to feed the kind bear
- colloquial, common-gendersomething large, a biggun
“Wow! Vilken bamse.” — Wow! That's a biggun.
- capitalized, common-genderBamse (a cartoon character and cartoon)
Formerbamse(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)
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