svettig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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svett +‎ -ig

Adjective

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svettig (comparative svettigare, superlative svettigast)

  1. sweaty
  2. (figuratively, slang) forced, strained, a bit much, etc.
    ett svettigt argument
    a strained argument

Declension

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Inflection of svettig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svettig svettigare svettigast
Neuter singular svettigt svettigare svettigast
Plural svettiga svettigare svettigast
Masculine plural3 svettige svettigare svettigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 svettige svettigare svettigaste
All svettiga svettigare svettigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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References

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