högrest
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
hög (“high”) + rest (“erected”). Compare Icelandic háreistr.
Adjective[edit]
högrest (comparative mer högrest, superlative mest högrest)
Usage notes[edit]
Particularly often used to describe people.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of högrest | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | högrest | mer högrest | mest högrest |
| Neuter singular | högrest | mer högrest | mest högrest |
| Plural | högresta | mer högresta | mest högresta |
| Masculine plural3 | högreste | mer högresta | mest högresta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | högreste | mer högreste | mest högreste |
| All | högresta | mer högresta | mest högresta |
| 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 | |||