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Swedish
Etymology
hand + gången
Adjective
handgången (not comparable)
- subservient
han är diktatorns handgångne man- he is the dictator's henchman
Usage notes
Only in certain expressions.
Declension
| Inflection of handgången
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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handgången
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—
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—
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| Neuter singular
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handgånget
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—
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—
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| Plural
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handgångna
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—
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—
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| Masculine plural3
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handgångne
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—
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—
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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 singular1
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handgångne
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—
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—
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| All
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handgångna
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—
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—
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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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