snål

See also: snął and sňal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

May be related to Swedish snål (“greedy”).

Adjective

snål (neuter singular snålt, definite singular and plural snåle, comparative snålare, indefinite superlative snålast, definite superlative snålaste)

weird, unusual, strange
Synonyms: rar, snodig, merkeleg, underleg
(rare) funny
(Numedal) nice, well-behaved
(Telemark) beautiful
(Trøndelag) greedy

References

“snål” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“snaal” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish snāl (“cheap, greedy”). May be related to Norwegian Nynorsk snål.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snoːl/
Rhymes: -oːl

Adjective

snål (comparative snålare, superlative snålast)

unwilling to spend or give money (or other resources); cheap, stingy
Synonym: knusslig
meagre; deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
1. (in compounds) containing a small amount or using few resources
(of a wind) biting, cutting

Declension

Inflection of **snål**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	snål	snålare	snålast
neuter singular	snålt	snålare	snålast
plural	snåla	snålare	snålast
masculine plural²	snåle	snålare	snålast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	snåle	snålare	snålaste
all	snåla	snålare	snålaste

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

Related terms

snåla

References

“snål”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
snål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

låns, nåls, slån