spetsborgerlig
Swedish
Etymology
spetsborgare + -lig. Compare German spießbürgerlich.
Adjective
spetsborgerlig (comparative spetsborgerligare, superlative spetsborgerligast)
- (dated) philistine, petty
- Synonyms: kälkborgerlig, småborgerlig
Declension
| Inflection of spetsborgerlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spetsborgerlig | spetsborgerligare | spetsborgerligast |
| Neuter singular | spetsborgerligt | spetsborgerligare | spetsborgerligast |
| Plural | spetsborgerliga | spetsborgerligare | spetsborgerligast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spetsborgerlige | spetsborgerligare | spetsborgerligaste |
| All | spetsborgerliga | spetsborgerligare | spetsborgerligaste |
| 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
- spetsborgerlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)