Swedish

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Etymology

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hopp +‎ -lös

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hopplös (comparative hopplösare, superlative hopplösast)

  1. hopeless
    Situationen kändes hopplös
    The situation felt hopeless
    en hopplös romantiker
    a hopeless romantic

Declension

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Inflection of hopplös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hopplös hopplösare hopplösast
Neuter singular hopplöst hopplösare hopplösast
Plural hopplösa hopplösare hopplösast
Masculine plural3 hopplöse hopplösare hopplösast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hopplöse hopplösare hopplösaste
All hopplösa hopplösare hopplösaste
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

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