Towards a more complete list of words that break the supposed “k/g/sk + soft vowel” rule in Swedish

The last list was mainly the result of brainstorming during breakfast, and was not intended to be complete. Rather, the intention was to show that there are a lot of exceptions. Yesterday, I had a look in Skyman’s copy of the SAOL, and had lots of time compiling more words on a bus trip between Stockholm and Gothenburg. Thus, here is a more complete list, based on the previous one. It is also not a complete list. Note that many of the words can be combined with other words and make the list much, much longer. “Kör” can be combined with “-sångare”, for instance, making another example of a word that breaks the supposed rule. Typically, such combinations are not listed unless they make the word change word class.

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