kinkig
Swedish
Etymology
kinka (“to hassle”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective
kinkig (comparative kinkigare, superlative kinkigast)
- picky, fastidious
- Synonyms: gnällig, besvärlig
- meticulous
- (of a situation) difficult to untangle, messy, critical
- det är inte så kinkigt ― it's not that important
Declension
| Inflection of kinkig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kinkig | kinkigare | kinkigast |
| Neuter singular | kinkigt | kinkigare | kinkigast |
| Plural | kinkiga | kinkigare | kinkigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kinkige | kinkigare | kinkigaste |
| All | kinkiga | kinkigare | kinkigaste |
| 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
- kinkig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kinkig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kinkig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)