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skeppsbruten

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Compound of skepp +‎ -s- +‎ bruten.

Adjective

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skeppsbruten (not (comparable))

  1. shipwrecked
  2. (nominalized) someone shipwrecked, a castaway
    rädda de skeppsbrutna på ön
    save the castaways on the island

Declension

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Inflection of skeppsbruten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skeppsbruten
neuter singular skeppsbrutet
plural skeppsbrutna
masculine plural2 skeppsbrutne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skeppsbrutne
all skeppsbrutna

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.

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