skenbar

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skinbar (“brilliant; shining”), from Middle Low German schīnbār. Cognate of German scheinbar. Superficially equivalent to sken +‎ -bar.

Adjective

skenbar (comparative mer skenbar, superlative mest skenbar)

1. illusory, apparent, ostensible

Declension

Inflection of skenbar
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	skenbar	mer skenbar	mest skenbar
Neuter singular	skenbart	mer skenbart	mest skenbart
Plural	skenbara	mer skenbara	mest skenbara
Masculine plural3	skenbare	mer skenbara	mest skenbara
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	skenbare	mer skenbare	mest skenbare
All	skenbara	mer skenbara	mest skenbara
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

• skenbarhet
• skenbarlig

References

• skenbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skenbar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skenbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skinbar in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T

Anagrams

• bankers, baskern