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Swedish
Etymology
past participle of stänga in
Pronunciation
Adjective
instängd (not comparable)
- (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
- (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
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.
See also
Participle
instängd
- past participle of stänga in
References