gubbsnygg
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]gubbe (“older man”) + snygg (“good-looking, handsome”)
Adjective
[edit]gubbsnygg (comparative gubbsnyggare, superlative gubbsnyggast)
- (colloquial) handsome, of an older man, or in a way taken to be characteristic of handsome older men; "old man handsome"
- Sean Connery var gubbsnygg
- Sean Connery was "old man handsome"
Declension
[edit]Inflection of gubbsnygg | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | gubbsnygg | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggast |
Neuter singular | gubbsnyggt | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggast |
Plural | gubbsnygga | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggast |
Masculine plural3 | gubbsnygge | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | gubbsnygge | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggaste |
All | gubbsnygga | gubbsnyggare | gubbsnyggaste |
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 |