egenhändig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German eigenhändig. By surface analysis, egen + hand + -ig. Cognate of Danish egenhændig, Dutch eigenhandig.
Adjective edit
egenhändig (comparative mer egenhändig, superlative mest egenhändig)
Declension edit
| 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 | |||