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övertänd

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Swedish

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Etymology

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över- (over-) +‎ tänd (ignited)

Adjective

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övertänd (not comparable)

  1. burning everywhere, as after a flashover
    När brandkåren kom fram var huset redan övertänt
    When the firefighters arrived, the house was already engulfed in flames
    Rummet var övertänt
    The whole room was on fire
  2. (figuratively) overly fired up (of a person)
    övertända spelare
    overly fired-up players

Declension

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Inflection of övertänd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular övertänd
neuter singular övertänt
plural övertända
masculine plural2 övertände
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 övertände
all övertända

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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