elakartad

Swedish

Etymology

elak +‎ -artad. Compare German bösartig.

Adjective

elakartad (comparative mer elakartad, superlative mest elakartad)

1. maleficent, ill-natured, mischievous
2. (oncology) malignant

   Synonyms: allvarlig, malign, svårartad

   Antonym: godartad

   en elakartad tumör

   a malignant tumor

Declension

Inflection of elakartad

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	elakartad	—	—
neuter singular	elakartat	—	—
plural	elakartade	—	—
masculine plural2	elakartade	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	elakartade	—	—
all	elakartade	—	—

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

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