German

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Etymology

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sparen +‎ -sam

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːʁzam/, /ˈʃpaːʁzaːm/
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Adjective

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sparsam (strong nominative masculine singular sparsamer, comparative sparsamer, superlative am sparsamsten)

  1. economical, thrifty, frugal

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Adverb

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sparsam

  1. sparingly

Further reading

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  • sparsam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sparsam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sparsam” in Duden online

Latin

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Participle

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sparsam

  1. accusative feminine singular of sparsus

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From spar (save) +‎ -sam.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²spaːrsam/, /²spaːʂam/

Adjective

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sparsam (neuter sparsamt, definite singular and plural sparsame, comparative sparsamare, indefinite superlative sparsamast, definite superlative sparsamaste)

  1. limited
    Me har sparsamt med opplysningar om dette.
    We have limited information about this.
  2. frugal

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Swedish

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Etymology

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spara (save) +‎ -sam (-some)

Adjective

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sparsam (comparative sparsammare, superlative sparsammast)

  1. frugal, thrifty
    Antonym: slösaktig
  2. sparing, sparse
    Dokumentet är sparsamt med detaljer
    The document is sparing with details
    ett sparsamt inrett rum
    a sparsely furnished room

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Inflection of sparsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sparsam sparsammare sparsammast
Neuter singular sparsamt sparsammare sparsammast
Plural sparsamma sparsammare sparsammast
Masculine plural3 sparsamme sparsammare sparsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sparsamme sparsammare sparsammaste
All sparsamma sparsammare sparsammaste
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

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