slingrig

Swedish

Etymology

slingra +‎ -ig

Adjective

slingrig (comparative slingrigare, superlative slingrigast)

1. winding, twisty
2. meandering
3. wriggly
4. (figurative) messy, complicated, convoluted

Declension

Inflection of slingrig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	slingrig	slingrigare	slingrigast
Neuter singular	slingrigt	slingrigare	slingrigast
Plural	slingriga	slingrigare	slingrigast
Masculine plural3	slingrige	slingrigare	slingrigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	slingrige	slingrigare	slingrigaste
All	slingriga	slingrigare	slingrigaste
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

• slingrighet

References

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