utmärglad

Swedish

Etymology

Originally past participle of now rare verb utmärgla, from German ausmärgeln (“to take the marl out of the soil”). See also German ausgemergelt (“emaciated”) and Dutch uitmergelen (“to emaciate”).

Adjective

utmärglad

1. emaciated

Declension

Inflection of utmärglad

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	utmärglad	—	—
neuter singular	utmärglat	—	—
plural	utmärglade	—	—
masculine plural2	utmärglade	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	utmärglade	—	—
all	utmärglade	—	—

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.

See also

• trådsmal

References

• utmärglad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• utmärglad in Svensk ordbok (SO)