avdragsgill

Swedish

Etymology

Adjective

avdragsgill (comparative mer avdragsgill, superlative mest avdragsgill)

deductible
- 1998, “Jag ska bli en byråkrat [I will [shall] be a bureaucrat]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Electric Banana Tajm [Electric Banana Time [with jocular Swedification of "time"]]‎^[1], performed by Electric Banana Band:
  De sitter där vid varsitt bord och skriver sina svåra ord, som "avdragsgill" och "synergi". Så duktig vill jag också bli.
  They each sit there at their own table [as a fairly literal translation – literally, word for word, "They sit there at one-for-each table" – "separate" sounds a bit different] and type [or write] their difficult words, like "deductible" and "synergy." I want to be that good too.

Declension

Inflection of **avdragsgill**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	avdragsgill	mer avdragsgill	mest avdragsgill
neuter singular	avdragsgillt	mer avdragsgillt	mest avdragsgillt
plural	avdragsgilla	mer avdragsgilla	mest avdragsgilla
masculine plural²	avdragsgille	mer avdragsgilla	mest avdragsgilla

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	avdragsgille	mer avdragsgille	mest avdragsgille
all	avdragsgilla	mer avdragsgilla	mest avdragsgilla

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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