besvärlig

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Swedish

Etymology

From German beschwerlich, equivalent to besvär +‎ -lig. Cognate with Danish besværlig, Norwegian Bokmål besværlig and Dutch bezwaarlijk.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

besvärlig

  1. difficult, troublesome (of a problem or person or the like)
    ett besvärligt problem
    a difficult problem (to deal with)
    en besvärlig situation
    a difficult situation
    Han är besvärlig
    He's troublesome (to deal with)

Declension

Inflection of besvärlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular besvärlig besvärligare besvärligast
neuter singular besvärligt besvärligare besvärligast
plural besvärliga besvärligare besvärligast
masculine plural2 besvärlige besvärligare besvärligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 besvärlige besvärligare besvärligaste
all besvärliga besvärligare besvärligaste

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.

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