brandgul

Swedish

Etymology

brand (“fire”) +‎ gul (“yellow”)

Adjective

brandgul

1. having the colour orange, flame-coloured

   den lagom tjocke katten i sina bästa år, den brandgule glädjespridaren (om Gustaf, den tecknade katten)

   the comfortably fat cat in his best years, the orange entertainer (of Garfield, the cartoon cat)

Declension

Inflection of brandgul
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	brandgul	mer brandgul	mest brandgul
Neuter singular	brandgult	mer brandgult	mest brandgult
Plural	brandgula	mer brandgula	mest brandgula
Masculine plural3	brandgule	mer brandgula	mest brandgula
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	brandgule	mer brandgule	mest brandgule
All	brandgula	mer brandgula	mest brandgula
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

Synonyms

• orange
• gulröd