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glassig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English glassy.

Adjective

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glassig (comparative glassigare, superlative glassigast)

  1. (colloquial) luxurious, flashy
    en glassig bil
    a flashy, luxurious car
    Vi har det riktigt glassigt med piña colada nere vid hotellpoolen
    We're living the high life drinking piña colada down by the hotel pool
  2. glossy
    Synonym: (more common) glansig
    ett glassigt omslag
    a glossy cover

Declension

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Inflection of glassig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular glassig glassigare glassigast
neuter singular glassigt glassigare glassigast
plural glassiga glassigare glassigast
masculine plural2 glassige glassigare glassigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 glassige glassigare glassigaste
all glassiga glassigare glassigaste

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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