grovkornig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

grov (coarse) +‎ kornig (grainy)

Adjective[edit]

grovkornig (comparative grovkornigare, superlative grovkornigast)

  1. coarse-grained (consisting of coarse particles)
    Antonym: finkornig
    grovkornigt salt
    coarse-grained salt
  2. (figuratively) coarse, crude
    grovkorniga skämt
    crude jokes

Declension[edit]

Inflection of grovkornig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grovkornig grovkornigare grovkornigast
Neuter singular grovkornigt grovkornigare grovkornigast
Plural grovkorniga grovkornigare grovkornigast
Masculine plural3 grovkornige grovkornigare grovkornigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grovkornige grovkornigare grovkornigaste
All grovkorniga grovkornigare grovkornigaste
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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