skarpsinnig

Swedish

Etymology

skarp +‎ -sinnig. Attested since 1527. Compare German scharfsinnig, Dutch scherpzinnig.

Adjective

skarpsinnig (comparative skarpsinnigare, superlative skarpsinnigast)

1. keen, acute, sharp, clever, sharp-witted
2. astute
3. sagacious
4. perspicacious

Declension

Inflection of skarpsinnig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skarpsinnig	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigast
Neuter singular	skarpsinnigt	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigast
Plural	skarpsinniga	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigast
Masculine plural3	skarpsinnige	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skarpsinnige	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigaste
All	skarpsinniga	skarpsinnigare	skarpsinnigaste
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

• skarpsinnighet

Related terms

• skarpsinne

References

• skarpsinnig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skarpsinnig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skarpsinnig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)