hätsk

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hætsker, from Middle Low German hetisch or hatisch. Compare Danish hadsk. Doublet of hatisk.

Adjective

hätsk (comparative hätskare, superlative hätskast)

  1. vicious, virulent (marked by aggressive discourse)
    en hätsk debatt
    a heated debate

Declension

Inflection of hätsk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hätsk hätskare hätskast
Neuter singular hätskt hätskare hätskast
Plural hätska hätskare hätskast
Masculine plural3 hätske hätskare hätskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hätske hätskare hätskaste
All hätska hätskare hätskaste
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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