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knäpptyst

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Swedish

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Etymology

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knäppa +‎ tyst

Adjective

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knäpptyst (not (comparable))

  1. completely silent, dead silent
    Det blev knäpptyst i rummet när fadern avslöjades
    The room fell dead silent when the father was revealed

Declension

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Inflection of knäpptyst
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular knäpptyst
neuter singular knäpptyst
plural knäpptysta
masculine plural2 knäpptyste
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 knäpptyste
all knäpptysta

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.

See also

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