instängd

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Swedish

Etymology

past participle of stänga in

Pronunciation

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Adjective

instängd (not comparable)

  1. (kept) confined in a space; confined, trapped, shut in, shut up, cooped up, etc.
    Mamman misstänks för att ha hållit sonen instängd i lägenheten i årtionden
    The mother is suspected of keeping her son confined / (not necessarily literally) locked up in the apartment for decades
    Det kan inte vara nyttigt för hunden att vara instängd hela dagen
    Being cooped up all day can't be healthy for the dog
  2. (figuratively) stuffy (of (the air in) a space)
    varm och instängd luft i ett rum
    warm and stuffy air in a room
    Rummet saknar ventilation, så det blir lätt lite instängt om man inte vädrar på ett tag
    The room lacks ventilation, so it tends to get a bit stuffy if you don't air it out in a while
    Det är instängt här inne
    It's stuffy in here

Declension

Inflection of instängd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular instängd mer instängd mest instängd
Neuter singular instängt mer instängt mest instängt
Plural instängda mer instängda mest instängda
Masculine plural3 instängde mer instängda mest instängda
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 instängde mer instängde mest instängde
All instängda mer instängda mest instängda
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

See also

Participle

instängd

  1. past participle of stänga in

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