Borrowed from the stem of Middle High German snaben (“to hurry”).
snabb (comparative snabbare, superlative snabbast)
Inflection of snabb | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | snabb | snabbare | snabbast |
Neuter singular | snabbt | snabbare | snabbast |
Plural | snabba | snabbare | snabbast |
Masculine plural3 | snabbe | snabbare | snabbast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | snabbe | snabbare | snabbaste |
All | snabba | snabbare | snabbaste |
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 |