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Swedish
Etymology
hand (“hand”) + fallen (“fallen”)
Adjective
handfallen (comparative mer handfallen, superlative mest handfallen)
- helpless (to deal with something)
Polisen står handfallen inför gängen- The police are helpless to deal with the gangs
Declension
Inflection of handfallen
| Indefinite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative1
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| common singular
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handfallen
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| neuter singular
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handfallet
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| plural
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handfallna
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| masculine plural2
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handfallne
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| Definite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative
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| masculine singular3
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handfallne
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| all
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handfallna
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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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