snål

See also: snął and sňal

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish snāl (“cheap, greedy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Adjective

snål (comparative snålare, superlative snålast)

1. unwilling to spend or give money (or other resources); cheap, stingy

   Synonym: knusslig

2. meagre; deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
   1. (in compounds) containing a small amount or using few resources
3. (of a wind) biting, cutting

Declension

Inflection of snål

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	snål	snålare	snålast
neuter singular	snålt	snålare	snålast
plural	snåla	snålare	snålast
masculine plural2	snåle	snålare	snålast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	snåle	snålare	snålaste
all	snåla	snålare	snålaste

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

• bensinsnål
• bränslesnål
• kalorisnål
• småsnål
• snålblåst
• snålhet
• snåljåp
• snålkörning
• snålskjuts
• snålsoppa
• snålspolande
• snålspolare
• snålvarg
• snålvatten

Related terms

• snåla

References

• snål in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snål in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• låns, nåls, slån