knepig

Swedish

Etymology

knep (“trick”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

knepig (comparative knepigare, superlative knepigast)

1. tricky, difficult

   ett knepigt problem

   a tricky problem

2. (of a person) weird, hard to figure out

Declension

Inflection of knepig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	knepig	knepigare	knepigast
Neuter singular	knepigt	knepigare	knepigast
Plural	knepiga	knepigare	knepigast
Masculine plural3	knepige	knepigare	knepigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	knepige	knepigare	knepigaste
All	knepiga	knepigare	knepigaste
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

• knepig in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• Peking