omständlig

Swedish

Alternative forms

omständig (sometimes proscribed)

Etymology

From German umständlich.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɔmˌstɛndlɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

omständlig (comparative omständligare, superlative omständligast)

not simple, brief, and straightforward; tedious, cumbersome, laborious, lengthy, complex, etc.
en omständ(l)ig ansökningsprocess
a tedious application process

en omständ(l)ig beskrivning
a long-winded description

omständ(l)ig manuell hantering
tedious manual management

Usage notes

A more common, sometimes proscribed variant is omständig, which might have arisen by analogy with other words ending in -ständig, e.g. självständig. Compare also omständighet (“circumstance”).

Declension

Inflection of omständlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	omständlig	omständligare	omständligast
Neuter singular	omständligt	omständligare	omständligast
Plural	omständliga	omständligare	omständligast
Masculine plural³	omständlige	omständligare	omständligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	omständlige	omständligare	omständligaste
All	omständliga	omständligare	omständligaste
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

Derived terms

omständlighet

References