stroppig

Swedish

Etymology

From stropp (“someone snooty, a snoot”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

stroppig (comparative stroppigare, superlative stroppigast)

1. haughty and condescending; snooty

Declension

Inflection of stroppig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	stroppig	stroppigare	stroppigast
Neuter singular	stroppigt	stroppigare	stroppigast
Plural	stroppiga	stroppigare	stroppigast
Masculine plural3	stroppige	stroppigare	stroppigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	stroppige	stroppigare	stroppigaste
All	stroppiga	stroppigare	stroppigaste
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

References

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