handgången
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
handgången (not comparable)
- subservient
- han är diktatorns handgångne man
- he is the dictator's henchman
Usage notes edit
Only in certain expressions.
Declension edit
| Inflection of handgången | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | handgången | — | — |
| Neuter singular | handgånget | — | — |
| Plural | handgångna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | handgångne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | handgångne | — | — |
| All | handgångna | — | — |
| 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 | |||