kräsen

See also: krasen and красен

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kræsa (“to provide with food and drink”), related to krås. Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek γράω (gráō, “to gnaw; eat”) and Sanskrit ग्रसति (grasati, “to devour”). Compare Danish kræsen, Icelandic kræsinn.

Adjective

kräsen (comparative kräsnare, superlative kräsnast)

1. picky, choosy

Declension

Inflection of kräsen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kräsen	kräsnare	kräsnast
neuter singular	kräset	kräsnare	kräsnast
plural	kräsna	kräsnare	kräsnast
masculine plural2	kräsne	kräsnare	kräsnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kräsne	kräsnare	kräsnaste
all	kräsna	kräsnare	kräsnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• “kräsen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kräsen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kräsen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kräsen in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)