oumbärlig
Swedish
editEtymology
edito- + umbärlig. Compare German unentbehrlich, Dutch onontbeerlijk.
Adjective
editoumbärlig (comparative mer oumbärlig, superlative mest oumbärlig)
- indispensable; absolutely necessary or requisite
- Synonym: omistlig
Declension
edit| Inflection of oumbärlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | oumbärlig | mer oumbärlig | mest oumbärlig |
| Neuter singular | oumbärligt | mer oumbärligt | mest oumbärligt |
| Plural | oumbärliga | mer oumbärliga | mest oumbärliga |
| Masculine plural3 | oumbärlige | mer oumbärliga | mest oumbärliga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | oumbärlige | mer oumbärlige | mest oumbärlige |
| All | oumbärliga | mer oumbärliga | mest oumbärliga |
| 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 | |||