spröd

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See also: sprod, sprød, and sprőd

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spröd (strong nominative masculine singular spröder, comparative spröder, superlative am sprödesten)

  1. Alternative form of spröde

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From German spröde. Cognate of Danish sprød. Attested since 1684. Origin beyond German obscure. Seemingly cognate with Middle English sprēþe (fragile) and Latvian spraûtiês (come forth).

Adjective

spröd (comparative sprödare, superlative sprödast)

  1. brittle (especially of something thin, airy, or the like)
    1. crisp (of food, in a usually positive sense)

Declension

Inflection of spröd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spröd sprödare sprödast
neuter singular sprött sprödare sprödast
plural spröda sprödare sprödast
masculine plural2 spröde sprödare sprödast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spröde sprödare sprödaste
all spröda sprödare sprödaste

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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