kärnfrisk

Swedish

Etymology

kärna (“core”) +‎ frisk (“healthy”)

Adjective

kärnfrisk (comparative kärnfriskare, superlative kärnfriskast)

1. (of a tree or timber) having healthy heartwood
2. (figuratively) in perfect health, fit as a fiddle

   en kärnfrisk 80-åring

   an 80-year-old that's fit as a fiddle

Declension

Inflection of kärnfrisk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	kärnfrisk	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskast
Neuter singular	kärnfriskt	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskast
Plural	kärnfriska	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskast
Masculine plural3	kärnfriske	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	kärnfriske	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskaste
All	kärnfriska	kärnfriskare	kärnfriskaste
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

See also

• kärnved (“heartwood”)

References

• kärnfrisk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kärnfrisk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kärnfrisk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)