grätten
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Possibly related to English groan and grin.
Adjective edit
grätten (comparative mer grätten, superlative mest grätten)
Declension edit
| Inflection of grätten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | grätten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | grättet | — | — |
| Plural | grättna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | grättne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | grättne | — | — |
| All | grättna | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- grätten in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- grätten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)