dumsnål

Swedish

Etymology

From dum (“stupid”) +‎ snål (“stingy”).

Adjective

dumsnål (comparative dumsnålare, superlative dumsnålast)

1. stingy in a way that defeats the purpose, e.g. opting for a cheap product that breaks easily over a more expensive one and spending more money in total due to having to replace it; penny wise and pound foolish

Declension

Inflection of dumsnål
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	dumsnål	dumsnålare	dumsnålast
Neuter singular	dumsnålt	dumsnålare	dumsnålast
Plural	dumsnåla	dumsnålare	dumsnålast
Masculine plural3	dumsnåle	dumsnålare	dumsnålast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	dumsnåle	dumsnålare	dumsnålaste
All	dumsnåla	dumsnålare	dumsnålaste
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

References

• dumsnål in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)