spröd

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See also: sprod, sprød, and sprőd

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

spröd (strong nominative masculine singular spröder, comparative spröder, superlative am sprödesten)

  1. Alternative form of spröde

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German spröde. Cognate of Danish sprød. Attested since 1684. Origin beyond German obscure. Seemingly cognate with Middle English sprēþe (fragile) and Latvian spraûtiês (come forth).

Adjective[edit]

spröd (comparative sprödare, superlative sprödast)

  1. brittle (especially of something thin, airy, or the like)
    1. crisp (of food, in a usually positive sense)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of spröd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spröd sprödare sprödast
Neuter singular sprött sprödare sprödast
Plural spröda sprödare sprödast
Masculine plural3 spröde sprödare sprödast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spröde sprödare sprödaste
All spröda sprödare sprödaste
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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