trög
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish trögher, ultimately from the root of Old Norse trauðr (“unwilling, reluctant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
trög (comparative trögare, superlative trögast)
- inert, slow
- Kranen är trög
- The faucet is hard to turn
- (electronics, electricity) slow, slow-blow (of a fuse)
- stupid, thinking slowly
- Är du trög, eller?
- Are you slow, or something?
Usage notes[edit]
The general intuition is of something that only moves with effort, and is possibly slow as a result.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of trög | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | trög | trögare | trögast |
Neuter singular | trögt | trögare | trögast |
Plural | tröga | trögare | trögast |
Masculine plural3 | tröge | trögare | trögast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tröge | trögare | trögaste |
All | tröga | trögare | trögaste |
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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Further reading[edit]
- trög in Svensk ordbok.