anspråksfull

Swedish

Etymology

anspråk (“claim”) +‎ -s- +‎ -full (“-ful”)

Adjective

anspråksfull (comparative anspråksfullare, superlative anspråksfullast)

1. that (explicitly or implicitly) makes high claims (to something, often greatness or the like)

   Antonym: anspråkslös

   en anspråksfull man

   (if clear from context) a pretentious man (a man that lays claim to being great, etc.)

Declension

Inflection of anspråksfull
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	anspråksfull	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullast
Neuter singular	anspråksfullt	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullast
Plural	anspråksfulla	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullast
Masculine plural3	anspråksfulle	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	anspråksfulle	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullaste
All	anspråksfulla	anspråksfullare	anspråksfullaste
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

See also

• pretentiös (“pretentious”)

References

• anspråksfull in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• anspråksfull in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)