obefogad

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Superficially the past participle of now archaic verb obefoga, equivalent to o- +‎ befogad. Likely borrowed from German unbefugt. Compare Dutch onbevoegd and Danish ubeføjet.

Adjective[edit]

obefogad (not comparable)

  1. unjustifiable, unwarranted

Declension[edit]

Inflection of obefogad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular obefogad
Neuter singular obefogat
Plural obefogade
Masculine plural3 obefogade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 obefogade
All obefogade
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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