spökbilist

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Calque of Danish spøgelsesbilist.[1] Compound of spök- (ghost) +‎ bilist (autoist).

Noun

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spökbilist c

  1. (uncommon) wrong-way driver, ghost driver
    Synonym: spökförare
    Hypernym: vansinnesförare
    • 2023 February 19, “Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron [Here the ghost driver is stopped on the Öresund Bridge]”, in SVT Nyheter[1]:
      Inne på trafikcentret finns övervakningskameror och skärmar som reagerar när en så kallad ”spökbilist” kommer körande i fel färdriktning.
      Inside the traffic center there are surveillance cameras and screens that react when a so-called "ghost driver" comes driving in the wrong direction.

Declension

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Declension of spökbilist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spökbilist spökbilisten spökbilister spökbilisterna
Genitive spökbilists spökbilistens spökbilisters spökbilisternas

References

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