utsvulten

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Swedish

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Etymology

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ut (out) +‎ svulten (starved)

Adjective

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utsvulten (not comparable)

  1. starving, famished (extremely or (often, through hyperbole) very hungry (due to not having eaten for a long time), sometimes figuratively)
    Jag är utsvulten. När blir det mat?
    I'm starving. When will there be food?
    Har ni inte ätit på hela dagen? Ni måste vara utsvultna!
    Have you not eaten all day? You must be starving!
    utsvulten på kärlek
    starved for love

Declension

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Inflection of utsvulten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular utsvulten
Neuter singular utsvultet
Plural utsvultna
Masculine plural3 utsvultne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 utsvultne
All utsvultna
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

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