utsvulten
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
ut (“out”) + svulten (“starved”)
Adjective edit
utsvulten (not comparable)
- starving, famished (extremely or (often, through hyperbole) very hungry (due to not having eaten for a long time), sometimes figuratively)
- Jag är utsvulten. När blir det mat?
- I'm starving. When will there be food?
- Har ni inte ätit på hela dagen? Ni måste vara utsvultna!
- Have you not eaten all day? You must be starving!
- utsvulten på kärlek
- starved for love
Declension edit
| Inflection of utsvulten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | utsvulten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | utsvultet | — | — |
| Plural | utsvultna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | utsvultne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | utsvultne | — | — |
| All | utsvultna | — | — |
| 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 | |||