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oförklarlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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o- (un-) +‎ förklarlig (explainable)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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oförklarlig (not comparable)

  1. inexplicable, unexplainable
    av någon oförklarlig anledning
    for some inexplicable reason
  2. unexplained
    oförklarlig fågeldöd
    unexplained bird death

Usage notes

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Oförklarad would be the literal translation in (sense 2), but oförklarlig is more idiomatic, focusing on people's (current) inability to explain something rather than on it not being explained.

Declension

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Inflection of oförklarlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular oförklarlig
neuter singular oförklarligt
plural oförklarliga
masculine plural2 oförklarlige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 oförklarlige
all oförklarliga

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.

Derived terms

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References

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