egensinnig

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Swedish

Etymology

egen +‎ -sinnig. Attested since 1595. Compare German eigensinnig, Dutch eigenzinnig.

Adjective

egensinnig (comparative egensinnigare, superlative egensinnigast)

  1. stubborn, intransigent, self-willed, defiant

Declension

Inflection of egensinnig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular egensinnig egensinnigare egensinnigast
Neuter singular egensinnigt egensinnigare egensinnigast
Plural egensinniga egensinnigare egensinnigast
Masculine plural3 egensinnige egensinnigare egensinnigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 egensinnige egensinnigare egensinnigaste
All egensinniga egensinnigare egensinnigaste
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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