beskäftig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German bescheftig. Compare German geschäftig.
Adjective edit
beskäftig (comparative beskäftigare, superlative beskäftigast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of beskäftig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | beskäftig | beskäftigare | beskäftigast |
| Neuter singular | beskäftigt | beskäftigare | beskäftigast |
| Plural | beskäftiga | beskäftigare | beskäftigast |
| Masculine plural3 | beskäftige | beskäftigare | beskäftigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | beskäftige | beskäftigare | beskäftigaste |
| All | beskäftiga | beskäftigare | beskäftigaste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- beskäftig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- beskäftig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- beskäftig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- beskäftig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)