otänkbar
Swedish
Etymology
o- + tänka + -bar. Attested since 1804. Compare German undenkbar.
Adjective
otänkbar (comparative otänkbarare, superlative otänkbarast)
- unthinkable, unimaginable, inconceivable
Declension
| Inflection of otänkbar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | otänkbar | otänkbarare | otänkbarast |
| Neuter singular | otänkbart | otänkbarare | otänkbarast |
| Plural | otänkbara | otänkbarare | otänkbarast |
| Masculine plural3 | otänkbare | otänkbarare | otänkbarast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | otänkbare | otänkbarare | otänkbaraste |
| All | otänkbara | otänkbarare | otänkbaraste |
| 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 | |||
Antonyms
- tänkbar
Derived terms
- otänkbarhet
References
- otänkbar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- otänkbar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- otänkbar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)