Swedish

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Etymology

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upp (up) +‎ nos (nose) +‎ -ig (-y)

Adjective

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uppnosig (not comparable)

  1. impudent, cheeky (having sass)
    vara uppnosig mot läraren
    sass the teacher

Declension

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Inflection of uppnosig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular uppnosig
Neuter singular uppnosigt
Plural uppnosiga
Masculine plural3 uppnosige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 uppnosige
All uppnosiga
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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