knallhård

See also: knallhard

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of knalle (“hardtack”) +‎ hård, later reinterpreted as knall- (“very”) +‎ hård. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk knallhard.

Adjective

knallhård (comparative knallhårdare, superlative knallhårdast)

1. (colloquial) very hard, rock-hard

Declension

Inflection of knallhård
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	knallhård	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
Neuter singular	knallhårt	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
Plural	knallhårda	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
Masculine plural3	knallhårde	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	knallhårde	knallhårdare	knallhårdaste
All	knallhårda	knallhårdare	knallhårdaste
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

• knallhård in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker