Danish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective edit

penibel

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pénible.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeːˈni.bəl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pe‧ni‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ibəl

Adjective edit

penibel (comparative penibeler, superlative penibelst)

  1. precarious, dangerous
  2. painstaking, difficult
  3. (dated) painful, unpleasant

Inflection edit

Inflection of penibel
uninflected penibel
inflected penibele
comparative penibeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial penibel penibeler het penibelst
het penibelste
indefinite m./f. sing. penibele penibelere penibelste
n. sing. penibel penibeler penibelste
plural penibele penibelere penibelste
definite penibele penibelere penibelste
partitive penibels penibelers

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

penibel (strong nominative masculine singular penibler, comparative penibler, superlative am penibelsten)

  1. meticulous

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • penibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • penibel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French pénible.

Adjective edit

penibel (not comparable)

  1. awkward, troublesome
    en penibel situation
    an awkward situation

Declension edit

Inflection of penibel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular penibel peniblare peniblast
Neuter singular penibelt peniblare peniblast
Plural penibla peniblare peniblast
Masculine plural3 penible peniblare peniblast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 penible peniblare peniblaste
All penibla peniblare peniblaste
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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