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Etymology edit

From kvist (twig) +‎ -ig.

Adjective edit

kvistig (comparative kvistigare, superlative kvistigast)

  1. twiggy (full of twigs)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) knotty, thorny, tricky

Declension edit

Inflection of kvistig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kvistig kvistigare kvistigast
Neuter singular kvistigt kvistigare kvistigast
Plural kvistiga kvistigare kvistigast
Masculine plural3 kvistige kvistigare kvistigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kvistige kvistigare kvistigaste
All kvistiga kvistigare kvistigaste
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

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