glupsk
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German glupesch, related to German glupschen. Equivalent to glupa + -sk. See also Danish glubsk.
Adjective
glupsk (comparative glupskare, superlative glupskast)
- insatiable, greedy
- Synonyms: rovgirig, omåttlig, omättlig
Declension
| Inflection of glupsk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | glupsk | glupskare | glupskast |
| Neuter singular | glupskt | glupskare | glupskast |
| Plural | glupska | glupskare | glupskast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | glupske | glupskare | glupskaste |
| All | glupska | glupskare | glupskaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Related terms
- glupa
- gluphungrig
References
- glupsk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- glupsk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- glupsk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- glupsk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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