"Mina föräldrar är bönder."

Translation: My parents are farmers.

[Timislove]

Why is "bönder" peasants as well?

[Lundgren8]

”A peasant is a member of a traditional class of farmers.” (from Wikipedia)

[freeboprich]

I'm just amused that I can write "My parents are peasants" and still be told I'm correct.

[deactivated user]

Goes back to feudal times.

[telemetry]

Bound to the land, right? Or am i invoking a false friend here... ;(

[sotnosen93]

Yep, false friend. According to Wiktionary, it comes from the Old Norse "bóndi".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B3ndi

[devalanteriel]

Yep, hence "husband" - "house dweller". :)

[SueBeaudry]

I read there was NO feudalism in Sweden!

[Mike405555]

My parents are peasants! LOL

[fraugryl]

Can this word be seen as offensive in Swedish? Calling someone a peasant would definitely be insulting in English..

[devalanteriel]

No, the default translation is "farmers", but Swedish uses the same word for both. :)

[Sven692782]

Its related to bound and bond. House bound =husband

[LucasDiniz22]

Is this related to Dutch Boer in any manner?

[devalanteriel]

No, actually not.

[mausy5043]

Probably "bunder" is closer. Being the amount of land one peasant could work.

[devalanteriel]

bonde is from bo, meaning "live" or "reside". So the meaning is "resider", so to speak. Much like the person tending a farm is a "farmer".

[Jack_Boulet]

"Shoulda thought o' that before you became peasants! Take him away..." - Yzma, The Emperor's New Groove

[devalanteriel]

I'd take a Duolingo course in Squirrel for English speakers.

[Maxi3mo]

you can be offensive, without anyone knowing. Why? Because you can just say, oh no I was just calling you a farmer, because farmers are cool and they won't suspect A THING :D