knallhård

See also: knallhard

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of knalle (“hardtack”) +‎ hård, later reinterpreted as knall- (“very”) +‎ hård. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk knallhard.

Adjective

knallhård (comparative knallhårdare, superlative knallhårdast)

1. (colloquial) very hard, rock-hard

Declension

Inflection of knallhård

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	knallhård	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
neuter singular	knallhårt	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
plural	knallhårda	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
masculine plural2	knallhårde	knallhårdare	knallhårdast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	knallhårde	knallhårdare	knallhårdaste
all	knallhårda	knallhårdare	knallhårdaste

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.

Further reading

• knallhård in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker