bångstyrig

Swedish

Etymology

bång +‎ styra +‎ -ig, from Middle Low German balstūrich. Compare Danish balstyrig. First part of original compound cognate with Old Norse bǫl. Attested since 1605.

Adjective

bångstyrig (comparative bångstyrigare, superlative bångstyrigast)

1. unruly, rambunctious

Declension

Inflection of bångstyrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	bångstyrig	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigast
Neuter singular	bångstyrigt	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigast
Plural	bångstyriga	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigast
Masculine plural3	bångstyrige	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	bångstyrige	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigaste
All	bångstyriga	bångstyrigare	bångstyrigaste
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

• bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bångstyrig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bångstyrig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• bång in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)