kärlekskrank
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
kärlek (“love”) + -s- + krank (“sick (dated)”)
Adjective edit
kärlekskrank (not comparable)
- lovesick (yearning for (sexual) love)
- 1993, Tuk Tuk Rally (lyrics and music), “Komedi [Comedy]”, in Luftballong [Hot-air balloon]:
- Vi fann varandra mitt i all förvirring. Jag famlade i dimman efter nåt. Du var vacker, jag var kärlekskrank, rödögd, trött och nästan pank. Vi var Romeo och Julia en minut.
- We found each other amidst all the confusion. I fumbled for something in the mist. You were beautiful, I was lovesick, red-eyed, tired and almost broke. We were Romeo and Juliet for a minute.
Declension edit
| Inflection of kärlekskrank | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kärlekskrank | — | — |
| Neuter singular | kärlekskrankt | — | — |
| Plural | kärlekskranka | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | kärlekskranke | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kärlekskranke | — | — |
| All | kärlekskranka | — | — |
| 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 | |||