dyngsur

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, dynga (“dung”) +‎ sur (“wet (of something that should be dry)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏŋˌsʉːr/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Adjective

dyngsur (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) drenched, soaking wet

   Synonyms: plaskvåt, dyblöt

   Antonyms: snustorr, genomtorr

   Vi blev dyngsura

   We got drenched

   Kläderna är dyngsura

   The clothes are soaking wet

Declension

Inflection of dyngsur

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	dyngsur	—	—
neuter singular	dyngsurt	—	—
plural	dyngsura	—	—
masculine plural2	dyngsure	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	dyngsure	—	—
all	dyngsura	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “dyngsur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “dyngsur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)