hårdnackad

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hård (hard) +‎ nacke (nape (back of the neck)) +‎ -ad (-ed). Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Norwegian Nynorsk hardnakka, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), German halsstarrig etc.

Adjective[edit]

hårdnackad (not comparable)

  1. stubborn and adamant, stiff-necked
    hårdnackad vägran
    stubborn/adamant refusal

Declension[edit]

Inflection of hårdnackad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hårdnackad
Neuter singular hårdnackat
Plural hårdnackade
Masculine plural3 hårdnackade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hårdnackade
All hårdnackade
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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