Originally past participle of now rare verb utmärgla, from German ausmärgeln (“to take the marl out of the soil”). See also German ausgemergelt (“emaciated”) and Dutch uitmergelen (“to emaciate”).
utmärglad
Inflection of utmärglad | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | utmärglad | — | — |
Neuter singular | utmärglat | — | — |
Plural | utmärglade | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | utmärglade | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | utmärglade | — | — |
All | utmärglade | — | — |
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 |