hätsk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hætsker, from Middle Low German hetisch or hatisch. Compare Danish hadsk. Doublet of hatisk.

Adjective

hätsk (comparative hätskare, superlative hätskast)

1. vicious, virulent (marked by aggressive discourse)

   en hätsk debatt

   a heated debate

Declension

Inflection of hätsk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hätsk	hätskare	hätskast
Neuter singular	hätskt	hätskare	hätskast
Plural	hätska	hätskare	hätskast
Masculine plural3	hätske	hätskare	hätskast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hätske	hätskare	hätskaste
All	hätska	hätskare	hätskaste
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

• hätskhet

Related terms

• hat
• hata
• hatisk

References

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