valhänt

Swedish

Etymology

valen (“stiff or numb from cold (now rare)”) +‎ -hänt (“-handed”)

Adjective

valhänt (comparative mer valhänt, superlative mest valhänt)

1. ham-fisted (lacking skill with the hands, or in general)

Declension

Inflection of valhänt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	valhänt	mer valhänt	mest valhänt
Neuter singular	valhänt	mer valhänt	mest valhänt
Plural	valhänta	mer valhänta	mest valhänta
Masculine plural3	valhänte	mer valhänta	mest valhänta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	valhänte	mer valhänte	mest valhänte
All	valhänta	mer valhänta	mest valhänta
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

References

• valhänt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• valhänt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• valhänt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)