påflugen

Swedish

Etymology

på (“on”) +‎ flugen (“flown”)

Adjective

påflugen (not comparable)

1. too forward, pushy, in your face

   en påflugen journalist

   a pushy journalist

Declension

Inflection of påflugen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	påflugen	—	—
neuter singular	påfluget	—	—
plural	påflugna	—	—
masculine plural2	påflugne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	påflugne	—	—
all	påflugna	—	—

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.

See also

• närgången
• påstridig

References

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