egenhändig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German eigenhändig. By surface analysis, egen +‎ hand +‎ -ig. Cognate of Danish egenhændig, Dutch eigenhandig.

Adjective

egenhändig (comparative mer egenhändig, superlative mest egenhändig)

1. by one's own hand

Declension

Inflection of egenhändig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	egenhändig	mer egenhändig	mest egenhändig
Neuter singular	egenhändigt	mer egenhändigt	mest egenhändigt
Plural	egenhändiga	mer egenhändiga	mest egenhändiga
Masculine plural3	egenhändige	mer egenhändiga	mest egenhändiga
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	egenhändige	mer egenhändige	mest egenhändige
All	egenhändiga	mer egenhändiga	mest egenhändiga
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

See also

• på egen hand

Further reading

• egenhändig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker