skarpsinnig

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Swedish

Etymology

skarp +‎ -sinnig. Attested since 1527. Compare German scharfsinnig, Dutch scherpzinnig.

Adjective

skarpsinnig (comparative skarpsinnigare, superlative skarpsinnigast)

  1. keen, acute, sharp, clever, sharp-witted
  2. astute
  3. sagacious
  4. perspicacious

Declension

Inflection of skarpsinnig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skarpsinnig skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigast
neuter singular skarpsinnigt skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigast
plural skarpsinniga skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigast
masculine plural2 skarpsinnige skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skarpsinnige skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigaste
all skarpsinniga skarpsinnigare skarpsinnigaste

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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