spetsfundig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German spitzfindig.

Adjective

spetsfundig (comparative spetsfundigare, superlative spetsfundigast)

1. quibbling

Declension

Inflection of spetsfundig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	spetsfundig	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigast
Neuter singular	spetsfundigt	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigast
Plural	spetsfundiga	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigast
Masculine plural3	spetsfundige	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	spetsfundige	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigaste
All	spetsfundiga	spetsfundigare	spetsfundigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• spetsfundighet

Further reading

• spetsfundig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker