krånglig
Swedish
Adjective
krånglig (comparative krångligare, superlative krångligast)
- difficult to deal with due to being (overly) complicated
- en krånglig situation
- a complicated situation
- De har så krångliga formulär!
- Their forms are so complicated!
- Uppgift 3 på provet var krånglig
- Assignment 3 on the test was tricky
- (figuratively) difficult to deal with due to being uncooperative or troublesome
- Han är krånglig
- He's difficult
- hennes krångliga mage
- her stomach that tends to act up
Inflection
| Inflection of krånglig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | krånglig | krångligare | krångligast |
| Neuter singular | krångligt | krångligare | krångligast |
| Plural | krångliga | krångligare | krångligast |
| Masculine plural3 | krånglige | krångligare | krångligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | krånglige | krångligare | krångligaste |
| All | krångliga | krångligare | krångligaste |
| 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
- krångel
- krångla
- krånglighet ("krångligness")
See also
- strulig
References
- krånglig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- krånglig in Svensk ordbok (SO)