besvärlig

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Swedish

Etymology

From German beschwerlich, equivalent to besvär +‎ -lig. Cognate with Danish besværlig, Norwegian Bokmål besværlig and Dutch bezwaarlijk.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

besvärlig

  1. hard (requiring a lot of effort to do or understand), difficult, troublesome

Declension

Inflection of besvärlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular besvärlig besvärligare besvärligast
Neuter singular besvärligt besvärligare besvärligast
Plural besvärliga besvärligare besvärligast
Masculine plural3 besvärlige besvärligare besvärligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 besvärlige besvärligare besvärligaste
All besvärliga besvärligare besvärligaste
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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