darrhänt

Swedish

Etymology

darr (“tremble”) +‎ -hänt (“handed”)

Adjective

darrhänt (comparative mer darrhänt, superlative mest darrhänt)

1. (often) having shaky hands

   Du ritar rakare linjer än jag. Jag är så darrhänt.

   You draw straighter lines than I do. My hands are so shaky.

Usage notes

Of pathological hand tremors as well as milder (and possibly temporary) tremors.

Declension

Inflection of darrhänt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	darrhänt	mer darrhänt	mest darrhänt
Neuter singular	darrhänt	mer darrhänt	mest darrhänt
Plural	darrhänta	mer darrhänta	mest darrhänta
Masculine plural3	darrhänte	mer darrhänta	mest darrhänta
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	darrhänte	mer darrhänte	mest darrhänte
All	darrhänta	mer darrhänta	mest darrhänta
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

References

• darrhänt in Svensk ordbok (SO)