sångaren

Sångaren is a Swedish noun meaning a person who sings, typically a male singer. The base form is sångare, and sångaren is the definite singular form used when referring to a specific singer that both speaker and listener know or have just mentioned. The corresponding feminine form is sångerska, with its definite singular sångerskan.

Grammar and usage

As a common gender noun, the indefinite singular is en sångare, and the definite singular is sångaren. The plural forms are sångare (indefinite) and sångarna (definite). In everyday use, sångaren can refer to any male singer or, in a generic sense, to singers in general when the gender is not specified.

Etymology and related terms

Sångare is formed from sång (song) plus the agent suffix -are, a productive ending in Swedish that denotes a person who performs a particular action. Related terms include sångerska for a female singer and, more broadly, artistic or musical performers such as artister or musiker, depending on context.

Context and usage notes

Sångaren appears frequently in biographies, interviews, and news articles when naming a specific male singer or when discussing singers in a general sense. In titles or headlines, the form sångaren is common for conciseness. The term is standard Swedish and is preferred when gendered specificity is appropriate; when the gender is unknown or not relevant, människor might use sångare as a neutral reference alongside sångerskor for women.

See also

sångerska; sång; sångfilm; musikern (miscellaneous musical terms).