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höggravid

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See also: høggravid

Swedish

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Etymology

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hög- (highly) +‎ gravid (pregnant). Cf. Norwegian Nynorsk høggravid, Danish højgravid and Norwegian Bokmål høygravid.

Adjective

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höggravid (not comparable)

  1. heavily pregnant
    vara höggravid med sitt andra barn
    be heavily pregnant with one's second child

Usage notes

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Neuter ("höggravitt" or the like) is avoided.

Declension

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Inflection of höggravid
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular höggravid
neuter singular höggravitt
plural höggravida
masculine plural2 höggravide
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 höggravide
all höggravida

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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