maktlös

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Swedish

Etymology

makt +‎ -lös. Compare Old Swedish maktaløs (“defenseless”), English mightless, Dutch machteloos, German machtlos, Norwegian Bokmål maktesløs, Danish magtesløs.

Adjective

maktlös (comparative maktlösare, superlative maktlösast)

  1. powerless
    Synonym: vanmäktig

Declension

Inflection of maktlös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular maktlös maktlösare maktlösast
Neuter singular maktlöst maktlösare maktlösast
Plural maktlösa maktlösare maktlösast
Masculine plural3 maktlöse maktlösare maktlösast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 maktlöse maktlösare maktlösaste
All maktlösa maktlösare maktlösaste
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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