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spetsborgerlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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spetsborgare +‎ -lig. Compare German spießbürgerlich.

Adjective

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spetsborgerlig (comparative spetsborgerligare, superlative spetsborgerligast)

  1. (dated) philistine, petty
    Synonyms: kälkborgerlig, småborgerlig

Declension

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Inflection of spetsborgerlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spetsborgerlig spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligast
neuter singular spetsborgerligt spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligast
plural spetsborgerliga spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligast
masculine plural2 spetsborgerlige spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spetsborgerlige spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligaste
all spetsborgerliga spetsborgerligare spetsborgerligaste

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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