fågelfri
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editCompound of fågel (“bird”) + fri (“free”).
Adjective
editfågelfri (not comparable)
- To be free from birds.
- 2024 March 31, Stina Lodén, “7 saker att tänka på när du röjer efter möss och ohyra i fritidshuset [7 things to consider when cleaning up after mice and pests in the vacation home.]”, in Sydsvenskan:
- Elda inte förrän du är helt säker på att skorstenen är fågelfri.
- Do not light a fire until you are completely sure that the chimney is free of birds.
Etymology 2
editCalque of German vogelfrei, equivalent to fågel + fri. Cognate of Danish fuglefri.
Adjective
editfågelfri (not comparable)
- (historical) outlawed, proscribed
- Synonym: fredlös
- 1792 September 3, “Paris d. 19 Aug. [Paris the 19 Aug.]”, in Götheborgs Tidningar, page 2:
- Hr Dumouriez har i Fayettes ſtaͤlle, ſom blifvit foͤrklarad fogelfri, fått befaͤlet oͤfwer hans Armee.
- Mr. Dumouriez has in place of Fayette, who has been declared an outlaw, assumed command over his army.
Declension
edit| Inflection of fågelfri | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fågelfri | — | — |
| Neuter singular | fågelfritt | — | — |
| Plural | fågelfria | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | fågelfrie | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fågelfrie | — | — |
| All | fågelfria | — | — |
| 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 | |||