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spetsfundig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German spitzfindig.

Adjective

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spetsfundig (comparative spetsfundigare, superlative spetsfundigast)

  1. quibbling

Declension

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Inflection of spetsfundig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spetsfundig spetsfundigare spetsfundigast
neuter singular spetsfundigt spetsfundigare spetsfundigast
plural spetsfundiga spetsfundigare spetsfundigast
masculine plural2 spetsfundige spetsfundigare spetsfundigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spetsfundige spetsfundigare spetsfundigaste
all spetsfundiga spetsfundigare spetsfundigaste

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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