övertänd

Swedish

Etymology

över- (“over-”) +‎ tänd (“ignited”)

Adjective

övertänd (not comparable)

  1. burning everywhere, as after a flashover
    När brandkåren kom fram var huset redan övertänt
    When the firefighters arrived, the house was already engulfed in flames
    Rummet var övertänt
    The whole room was on fire
  2. (figuratively) overly fired up (of a person)
    övertända spelare
    overly fired-up players

Declension

Inflection of övertänd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular övertänd — —
neuter singular övertänt — —
plural övertända — —
masculine plural2 övertände — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 övertände — —
all övertända — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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