dumsnål

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Swedish

Etymology

From dum (“stupid”) +‎ snål (“stingy”).

Adjective

dumsnål (comparative dumsnålare, superlative dumsnålast)

  1. stingy in a way that defeats the purpose, e.g. opting for a cheap product that breaks easily over a more expensive one and spending more money in total due to having to replace it; penny wise and pound foolish

Declension

Inflection of dumsnål
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dumsnål dumsnålare dumsnålast
neuter singular dumsnålt dumsnålare dumsnålast
plural dumsnåla dumsnålare dumsnålast
masculine plural2 dumsnåle dumsnålare dumsnålast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dumsnåle dumsnålare dumsnålaste
all dumsnåla dumsnålare dumsnålaste

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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