omständlig
Swedish
Alternative forms
- omständig (informal, proscribed)
Etymology
From German umständlich.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɔmˌstɛndlɪ(ɡ)/
Adjective
omständlig (comparative omständligare, superlative omständligast)
- circumstantial, (overly) detailed or complicated
Usage notes
- A common informal variant is omständig, usually proscribed according to normative sources. This variant probably arose due to analogy with omständighet (“circumstance”).
Declension
| Inflection of omständlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | omständlig | omständligare | omständligast |
| Neuter singular | omständligt | omständligare | omständligast |
| Plural | omständliga | omständligare | omständligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | omständlige | omständligare | omständligaste |
| All | omständliga | omständligare | omständligaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
References
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