nitisk

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Swedish

Adjective

nitisk (comparative mer nitisk, superlative mest nitisk)

  1. (very) diligent and persistent; zealous
    en nitisk lapplisa
    an (over)zealous meter maid

Usage notes

Often about people considered overzealous (which can be made explicit with övernitisk), though also used positively.

Declension

Inflection of nitisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nitisk mer nitisk mest nitisk
neuter singular nitiskt mer nitiskt mest nitiskt
plural nitiska mer nitiska mest nitiska
masculine plural2 nitiske mer nitiska mest nitiska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nitiske mer nitiske mest nitiske
all nitiska mer nitiska mest nitiska

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.

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