penibel

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

penibel

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective

penibel (comparative penibeler, superlative penibelst)

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Declension

Declension of penibel
uninflected penibel
inflected penibele
comparative penibeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial penibel penibeler het penibelst
het penibelste
indefinite m./f. sing. penibele penibelere penibelste
n. sing. penibel penibeler penibelste
plural penibele penibelere penibelste
definite penibele penibelere penibelste
partitive penibels penibelers

German

Etymology

From French pénible.

Pronunciation

Adjective

penibel (strong nominative masculine singular penibler, comparative penibler, superlative am penibelsten)

  1. meticulous

Declension

Further reading

  • penibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • penibel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pénible.

Adjective

penibel (not comparable)

  1. awkward, troublesome
    en penibel situation
    an awkward situation

Declension

Inflection of penibel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular penibel peniblare peniblast
neuter singular penibelt peniblare peniblast
plural penibla peniblare peniblast
masculine plural2 penible peniblare peniblast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 penible peniblare peniblaste
all penibla peniblare peniblaste

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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