väderbiten
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom väder (“weather”) + biten (“bitten”). Compare English weather-bitten. First attested in 1734.
Adjective
editväderbiten (not comparable)
- weather-beaten, weatherworn, weathered
- en gammal väderbiten fiskare
- an old weather-beaten fisherman
- hans väderbitna ansikte
- his weather-beaten face
- en väderbiten stuga på en klippa
- a weatherworn cottage on a cliff
Declension
edit| Inflection of väderbiten | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | väderbiten | — | — |
| Neuter singular | väderbitet | — | — |
| Plural | väderbitna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | väderbitne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | väderbitne | — | — |
| All | väderbitna | — | — |
| 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 | |||