krokig
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]krokig (comparative krokigare, superlative krokigast)
- having one or more bends, crooked, bent
- en krokig rygg ― a crooked back
- en krokig stig ― a crooked path
Usage notes
[edit]- Only about shape. Sned (“askew”) is used for something hanging crooked on a wall.
- Often about undesirable bends, like in English.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of krokig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | krokig | krokigare | krokigast |
| Neuter singular | krokigt | krokigare | krokigast |
| Plural | krokiga | krokigare | krokigast |
| Masculine plural3 | krokige | krokigare | krokigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | krokige | krokigare | krokigaste |
| All | krokiga | krokigare | krokigaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
[edit]- krok (“hook”)
See also
[edit]- böjd (“bent”)