blattarna

English translation: the foreigners (derogatory)

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Swedish term or phrase:blattarna
English translation:the foreigners (derogatory)
Entered by: Anna Herbst

08:14 May 19, 2010
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Swedish term or phrase: blattarna
När han lyssnar på kompisens snack om att allt är blattarnas fel hamnar han i en ordentlig knipa.
Annabel Oldfield
Local time: 07:32
the foreigners
Explanation:
The meaning of the word is derogatory for migrants with dark hair and skin living in Sweden.

According to wiktionary blatte is "now widely accepted as a term for people living in an Northern European country that are not of (Northern/Central) European descent."

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Note added at 33 mins (2010-05-19 08:48:42 GMT)
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Any derogatory commonly used term in your target language variant will of course be better still - in Australia I would suggest "the wogs" but there would be other colloquialisms for the UK and the US.
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Anna Herbst
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Local time: 17:32
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4 +2the foreigners
Anna Herbst
5the ragheads or rag heads
amgt
4Pakis
urbom
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Blatte
Viachaslau

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
the foreigners


Explanation:
The meaning of the word is derogatory for migrants with dark hair and skin living in Sweden.

According to wiktionary blatte is "now widely accepted as a term for people living in an Northern European country that are not of (Northern/Central) European descent."

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Note added at 33 mins (2010-05-19 08:48:42 GMT)
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Any derogatory commonly used term in your target language variant will of course be better still - in Australia I would suggest "the wogs" but there would be other colloquialisms for the UK and the US.


    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/blatte
Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 17:32
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Viachaslau
1 hr
  -> Tack Viachaslau!

agree  Christopher Schröder: or immigrants perhaps, though a more specific pejorative term might be appropriate in the context
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris - I deliberately didn't enter a pejorative term as they tend to differ from country to country.
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Pakis


Explanation:
If your target language is British English -- this term is not used pejoratively in the US.

It is used by British racists as a catch-all terms for people with a South Asian background (not just from Pakistan).

urbom
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the ragheads or rag heads


Explanation:
n. An offensive term for Muslims, Arabs, or all Middle-Easterners, referring to the turbans that some wear.

See also sand nigger

This is the American version


    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ragheads
    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rag+head
amgt
Local time: 02:32
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Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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24 mins
Reference: Blatte

Reference information:
Swedish word/slang for an individual who's an Arab. A blatte is usually annoying, somewhat chavvy and fail to properly speak the Swedish language. A blatte is not a 'nigga' as some people choose to call them. They usually have tendencies on being violent whilst hanging out with their blatte friends, although when they're on their own they're professional suck ups.
Helvete, inte den där blatten igen! Enkelbiljett till Turkiet, någon?

Swedish term for NOT just Arabs, but anyone who isnt of Western European descent, could be anything from Eastern European to African to Middle Eastern. Blatte can also be a culture, in this case anyone can be a Blatte. Blattecultur is much like African American Street Culture, they speak in slang, (such as Sho Bre, meaning Sup Bro) listen to Hip Hop, eat Kebabs and annoy others. Some live in Ghettos such as Bergsjön, others are rich and educated. They are the African Americans and Hispanic Americans of Scandinavia.


    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blatte
Viachaslau
Sweden
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in BelarusianBelarusian
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