knapphändig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German knaphandig, superficially equivalent to knapp (“scarce”) + händig. Attested since 1827. Original meaning could have been connected to knapp in the now archaic sense "dexterous".
Adjective
[edit]knapphändig (comparative knapphändigare, superlative knapphändigast)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of knapphändig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | knapphändig | knapphändigare | knapphändigast |
Neuter singular | knapphändigt | knapphändigare | knapphändigast |
Plural | knapphändiga | knapphändigare | knapphändigast |
Masculine plural3 | knapphändige | knapphändigare | knapphändigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | knapphändige | knapphändigare | knapphändigaste |
All | knapphändiga | knapphändigare | knapphändigaste |
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 |