eländig

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Swedish

Etymology

elände +‎ -ig. Compare Danish elendig, Dutch ellendig, German elendig.

Adjective

eländig (comparative eländigare, superlative eländigast)

  1. miserable, wretched, paltry

Declension

Inflection of eländig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular eländig eländigare eländigast
Neuter singular eländigt eländigare eländigast
Plural eländiga eländigare eländigast
Masculine plural3 eländige eländigare eländigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 eländige eländigare eländigaste
All eländiga eländigare eländigaste
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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