dumdristig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dum +‎ dristig. Attested since 1665. Compare origin of German dummdreist.

Adjective[edit]

dumdristig (comparative dumdristigare, superlative dumdristigast)

  1. foolhardy

Declension[edit]

Inflection of dumdristig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dumdristig dumdristigare dumdristigast
Neuter singular dumdristigt dumdristigare dumdristigast
Plural dumdristiga dumdristigare dumdristigast
Masculine plural3 dumdristige dumdristigare dumdristigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dumdristige dumdristigare dumdristigaste
All dumdristiga dumdristigare dumdristigaste
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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