knaper
Swedish
Adjective
knaper (comparative knaprare, superlative knaprast)
- scanty, meager
- Vi har det knapert
- We're on hard times ("have it scantily")
- en knaper måltid
- a scanty meal
Declension
| Inflection of knaper | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | knaper | knaprare | knaprast |
| Neuter singular | knapert | knaprare | knaprast |
| Plural | knapra | knaprare | knaprast |
| Masculine plural3 | knapre | knaprare | knaprast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | knapre | knaprare | knapraste |
| All | knapra | knaprare | knapraste |
| 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
- knaper in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- knaper in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- knaper in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)