näsvis

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German nesewīs or German naseweis. Originally about dogs with a keen sense of smell. By surface analysis, näsa +‎ vis. Compare Danish næsvis.

Adjective

näsvis (comparative näsvisare, superlative näsvisast)

1. impertinent, impudent, uppity

   "Gör det själv!", svarade hon näsvist

   "Do it yourself!", she answered impudently

Declension

Inflection of näsvis

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	näsvis	näsvisare	näsvisast
neuter singular	näsvist	näsvisare	näsvisast
plural	näsvisa	näsvisare	näsvisast
masculine plural2	näsvise	näsvisare	näsvisast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	näsvise	näsvisare	näsvisaste
all	näsvisa	näsvisare	näsvisaste

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.

Derived terms

• näsvishet

Descendants

• → Finnish: näsäviisas

See also

• uppnosig

References

• “näsvis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “näsvis”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “näsvis”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)