övertänd
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
över- (“over-”) + tänd (“ignited”)
Adjective[edit]
övertänd (not comparable)
- burning everywhere, as after a flashover
- När brandkåren kom fram var huset redan övertänt
- When the firefighters arrived, the house was already engulfed in flames
- Rummet var övertänt
- The whole room was on fire
- (figuratively) overly fired up (of a person)
- övertända spelare
- overly fired-up players
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of övertänd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | övertänd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | övertänt | — | — |
| Plural | övertända | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | övertände | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | övertände | — | — |
| All | övertända | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Related terms[edit]
- övertändning (“flashover”)