skenhelig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Calque of German scheinheilig, equivalent to sken +‎ helig. Attested since 1639. Compare Danish skinhellig, Dutch schijnheilig.

Adjective

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skenhelig (comparative skenheligare, superlative skenheligast)

  1. sanctimonious (hypocritically pious)

Declension

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Inflection of skenhelig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skenhelig skenheligare skenheligast
Neuter singular skenheligt skenheligare skenheligast
Plural skenheliga skenheligare skenheligast
Masculine plural3 skenhelige skenheligare skenheligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skenhelige skenheligare skenheligaste
All skenheliga skenheligare skenheligaste
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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