gruvlig

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish gruveliker, from Middle Low German grūwelik. Compare German greulich, Dutch gruwelijk.

Adjective[edit]

gruvlig (comparative gruvligare, superlative gruvligast)

  1. gruesome

Declension[edit]

Inflection of gruvlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gruvlig gruvligare gruvligast
Neuter singular gruvligt gruvligare gruvligast
Plural gruvliga gruvligare gruvligast
Masculine plural3 gruvlige gruvligare gruvligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gruvlige gruvligare gruvligaste
All gruvliga gruvligare gruvligaste
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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