trög

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See also: trog, Trog, and tròg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish trögher, ultimately from the root of Old Norse trauðr (“unwilling, reluctant”).

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Adjective

trög (comparative trögare, superlative trögast)

  1. inert, slow
    Kranen är trög
    The faucet is hard to turn
  2. (electronics, electricity) slow, slow-blow (of a fuse)
  3. stupid, thinking slowly
    Är du trög, eller?
    Are you slow, or something?

Usage notes

The general intuition is of something that only moves with effort, and is possibly slow as a result.

Declension

Inflection of trög
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular trög trögare trögast
Neuter singular trögt trögare trögast
Plural tröga trögare trögast
Masculine plural3 tröge trögare trögast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tröge trögare trögaste
All tröga trögare trögaste
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

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