kärnfull

Swedish

Etymology

From kärna (“core”) +‎ full (“full”). See kärnved (“heartwood”).

Adjective

kärnfull (comparative kärnfullare, superlative kärnfullast)

  1. (of a tree or wood) having a large proportion of heartwood; pithy
  2. (figuratively) pithy (saying a lot in relatively few words)
    De sammanfattade det kort och kärnfullt
    They summarized it concisely and pithily
    en kärnfull mening
    a pithy sentence

Declension
Inflection of kärnfull
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kärnfull kärnfullare kärnfullast
Neuter singular kärnfullt kärnfullare kärnfullast
Plural kärnfulla kärnfullare kärnfullast
Masculine plural3 kärnfulle kärnfullare kärnfullast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kärnfulle kärnfullare kärnfullaste
All kärnfulla kärnfullare kärnfullaste
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

References
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