omständlig

Swedish

Alternative forms

• omständig (sometimes proscribed)

Etymology

From German umständlich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɔmˌstɛndlɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

omständlig (comparative omständligare, superlative omständligast)

1. not simple, brief, and straightforward; tedious, cumbersome, laborious, lengthy, complex, etc.

   en omständlig ansökningsprocess

   a tedious application process

   en omständlig beskrivning

   a long-winded description

   omständlig manuell hantering

   tedious manual management

Usage notes

A more common, sometimes proscribed variant is omständig, which might have arisen by analogy with other words ending in -ständig, e.g. självständig. Compare also omständighet (“circumstance”).

Declension

Inflection of omständlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	omständlig	omständligare	omständligast
neuter singular	omständligt	omständligare	omständligast
plural	omständliga	omständligare	omständligast
masculine plural2	omständlige	omständligare	omständligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	omständlige	omständligare	omständligaste
all	omständliga	omständligare	omständligaste

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

• omständlighet

References

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