tondöv
Swedish
Etymology
From ton (“tone”) + döv (“deaf”).
Adjective
tondöv (comparative tondövare, superlative tondövast)
- tone-deaf (when it comes to tones or being unwittingly offensive)
Declension
| Inflection of tondöv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tondöv | tondövare | tondövast |
| Neuter singular | tondövt | tondövare | tondövast |
| Plural | tondöva | tondövare | tondövast |
| Masculine plural3 | tondöve | tondövare | tondövast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tondöve | tondövare | tondövaste |
| All | tondöva | tondövare | tondövaste |
| 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
- tondöv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tondöv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tondöv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)