handgången

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Swedish

Etymology

hand +‎ gången

Adjective

handgången (not comparable)

  1. subservient
    han är diktatorns handgångne man
    he is the dictator's henchman

Usage notes

Only in certain expressions.

Declension

Inflection of handgången
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular handgången
Neuter singular handgånget
Plural handgångna
Masculine plural3 handgångne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 handgångne
All handgångna
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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