bångstyrig

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

bångstyrig (comparative bångstyrigare, superlative bångstyrigast)

  1. unruly, rambunctious

DeclensionEdit

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

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