glupsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German glupesch, related to German glupschen. Equivalent to glupa +‎ -sk. See also Danish glubsk.

Adjective

glupsk (comparative glupskare, superlative glupskast)

1. having a voracious appetite, insatiable, greedy

   Synonyms: rovgirig, omåttlig, omättlig

   ett glupskt monster

   a monster with a voracious appetite

Declension

Inflection of glupsk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	glupsk	glupskare	glupskast
Neuter singular	glupskt	glupskare	glupskast
Plural	glupska	glupskare	glupskast
Masculine plural3	glupske	glupskare	glupskast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	glupske	glupskare	glupskaste
All	glupska	glupskare	glupskaste
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

Related terms

• glupa
• gluphungrig

References

• glupsk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• glupsk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• glupsk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• glupsk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)