avskyvärd

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From avsky (“detest”) +‎ -värd (“-worthy”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɑːvɧʏˌvɛːrd/

Adjective

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avskyvärd (comparative avskyvärdare, superlative avskyvärdast)

  1. vile, despicable, detestable
    Åter till Avskyvärld
    Return to Plain Awful (translation of a Don Rosa Disney comic, with a pun on värld (“world”))

Declension

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Inflection of avskyvärd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular avskyvärd avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
Neuter singular avskyvärt avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
Plural avskyvärda avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
Masculine plural3 avskyvärde avskyvärdare avskyvärdast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 avskyvärde avskyvärdare avskyvärdaste
All avskyvärda avskyvärdare avskyvärdaste
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
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See also

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References

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