Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From knöl +‎ -ig. First attested in 1738.

Adjective edit

knölig (comparative knöligare, superlative knöligast)

  1. lumpy
  2. (figurative) difficult, bad
  3. (colloquial) loutish, uncouth

Declension edit

Inflection of knölig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular knölig knöligare knöligast
Neuter singular knöligt knöligare knöligast
Plural knöliga knöligare knöligast
Masculine plural3 knölige knöligare knöligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 knölige knöligare knöligaste
All knöliga knöligare knöligaste
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

Further reading edit