drumlig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

drumla (blunder) +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective[edit]

drumlig (comparative drumligare, superlative drumligast)

  1. (colloquial) clumsy, careless
    Jag var drumlig och välte ner en vas
    I was clumsy and knocked down a vase

Declension[edit]

Inflection of drumlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular drumlig drumligare drumligast
Neuter singular drumligt drumligare drumligast
Plural drumliga drumligare drumligast
Masculine plural3 drumlige drumligare drumligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 drumlige drumligare drumligaste
All drumliga drumligare drumligaste
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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