klantig
Swedish
Adjective
klantig (comparative klantigare, superlative klantigast)
- characterized by blundering (making a clumsy or embarrassing mistake)
- Ett klantigt misstag ― A dumb ("blundery") mistake
- De var klantiga som inte bokade i förväg ― They screwed up (were "blundery") by not booking in advance
- Han är klantig ― He often blunders (is "blundery")
Declension
| Inflection of klantig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | klantig | klantigare | klantigast |
| Neuter singular | klantigt | klantigare | klantigast |
| Plural | klantiga | klantigare | klantigast |
| Masculine plural3 | klantige | klantigare | klantigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | klantige | klantigare | klantigaste |
| All | klantiga | klantigare | klantigaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
- klant (“a blunderer”)
- klanta (“to blunder”)
- klanta till (“to mess up/botch something”)
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