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handgången

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Swedish

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Etymology

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hand +‎ gången

Adjective

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handgången (not comparable)

  1. subservient
    han är diktatorns handgångne man
    he is the dictator's henchman

Usage notes

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Only in certain expressions.

Declension

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Inflection of handgången
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular handgången
neuter singular handgånget
plural handgångna
masculine plural2 handgångne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 handgångne
all handgångna

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.

References

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