flashig

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English flashy. Attested since 1986.

Adjective

flashig (comparative flashigare, superlative flashigast)

  1. (colloquial) flashy
    • 2021, Diamant Salihu, Tills alla dör [Until everyone dies], Mondial, →ISBN, page 127:
      Bilen hade också betydelse. Den fick inte vara för flashig, men inte heller för nedgången. Båda sakerna kunde dra till sig polisens intresse. En Škoda av nyare modell var diskret nog.
      The car was important too. It couldn't be too flashy, but not too decrepit either. Both things could attract the attention of the police. A Škoda of a newer model was discreet enough.

Declension

Inflection of flashig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular flashig flashigare flashigast
neuter singular flashigt flashigare flashigast
plural flashiga flashigare flashigast
masculine plural2 flashige flashigare flashigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 flashige flashigare flashigaste
all flashiga flashigare flashigaste

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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