helskinnad

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hel (whole) +‎ skinnad (skinned)

Adjective

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helskinnad (not comparable)

  1. unscathed, unharmed
    Hon klarade sig helskinnad från mötet med björnen
    She escaped the encounter with the bear unscathed
    Gävlebocken klarade sig helskinnad 2022
    The Gävle goat survived unscathed in 2022
    Politikern klarade sig helskinnad genom presskonferensen
    The politician made it through the press conference unscathed (figurative)

Declension

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Inflection of helskinnad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular helskinnad
Neuter singular helskinnat
Plural helskinnade
Masculine plural3 helskinnade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 helskinnade
All helskinnade
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

See also

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