stendöv
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]sten- (“very, exceedingly, profoundly (intensifier)”) + döv (“deaf”)
Adjective
[edit]stendöv (not comparable)
- stone deaf (utterly deaf)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of stendöv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | stendöv | — | — |
| Neuter singular | stendövt | — | — |
| Plural | stendöva | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | stendöve | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | stendöve | — | — |
| All | stendöva | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Further reading
[edit]- stendöv in Svensk ordbok.