knäpptyst
Swedish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editknäpptyst (not comparable)
- completely silent, dead silent
- Det blev knäpptyst i rummet när fadern avslöjades
- The room fell dead silent when the father was revealed
Declension
edit| Inflection of knäpptyst | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | knäpptyst | — | — |
| Neuter singular | knäpptyst | — | — |
| Plural | knäpptysta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | knäpptyste | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | knäpptyste | — | — |
| All | knäpptysta | — | — |
| 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 | |||
See also
edit- dödstyst
- tyst som en mus (“quiet as a mouse”)