bakvänd
Swedish
editEtymology
editbak (“back”) + vänd (“turned”)
Adjective
editbakvänd (not comparable)
- backwards (oriented in the direction opposite to the intended one)
- en man i bakvänd keps
- a man in a backwards cap
- (figuratively) preposterous (wrong, crazy)
- ett bakvänt resonemang
- a preposterous line of argument
Declension
edit| Inflection of bakvänd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | bakvänd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | bakvänt | — | — |
| Plural | bakvända | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | bakvände | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | bakvände | — | — |
| All | bakvända | — | — |
| 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 | |||