handfallen
Swedish
Etymology
hand (“hand”) + fallen (“fallen”)
Adjective
handfallen (comparative mer handfallen, superlative mest handfallen)
- helpless (to deal with something)
- Polisen står handfallen inför gängen
- The police are helpless to deal with the gangs
Declension
| Inflection of handfallen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | handfallen | — | — |
| Neuter singular | handfallet | — | — |
| Plural | handfallna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | handfallne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | handfallne | — | — |
| All | handfallna | — | — |
| 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
- handfallen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- handfallen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- handfallen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)