SWEDISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

svartfolk.

goblinoid

9 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

goblinoid
common-gender

Where this word comes from

Compound of svart (“dark; black”) + folk (“people”). Coined by Swedish game designer and author Anders Blixt in 1986. Based on the terms svartalf (“dark elf”) and svartnisse (“goblin”).

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