tillknäppt

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Originally past participle of knäppa till (to button up), equivalent to till (up) +‎ knäppt (buttoned, past participle). Compare English buttoned-up, buttoned-down (conservative; conventional; unimaginative) and German zugeknöpft.

Adjective

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tillknäppt (comparative tillknäpptare, superlative tillknäpptast)

  1. reserved, quiet
  2. (sports) playing very defensively

Declension

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Inflection of tillknäppt
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tillknäppt tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
Neuter singular tillknäppt tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
Plural tillknäppta tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
Masculine plural3 tillknäppte tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tillknäppte tillknäpptare tillknäpptaste
All tillknäppta tillknäpptare tillknäpptaste
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

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