snål
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish snāl (“cheap, greedy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snoːl/
- Rhymes: -oːl
Adjective
snål (comparative snålare, superlative snålast)
- unwilling to give money; cheap, stingy
- meagre; deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
- (in compounds) containing a small amount or using few resources
- (of a wind) biting, cutting
Declension
| Inflection of snål | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | snål | snålare | snålast |
| Neuter singular | snålt | snålare | snålast |
| Plural | snåla | snålare | snålast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | snåle | snålare | snålaste |
| All | snåla | snålare | snålaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Derived terms
- bensinsnål
- bränslesnål
- kalorisnål
- småsnål
- snåla
- snålblåst
- snålhet
- snåljåp
- snålkörning
- snålskjuts
- snålsoppa
- snålspolande
- snålspolare
- snålvarg
- snålvatten
References
- snål in Svensk ordbok (SO)