andlös

See also: ändlös

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, anda +‎ lös.

Adjective

andlös (not comparable)

  1. (figuratively) breathless
    Filmen bygger upp en andlös spänning
    The movie builds a breathless suspense
    Cirkuspubliken såg på i andlös tystnad, andlösa av beundran och skräck
    The circus audience watched in breathless silence, breathless with admiration and fear

Declension

Inflection of andlös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular andlös — —
neuter singular andlöst — —
plural andlösa — —
masculine plural2 andlöse — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 andlöse — —
all andlösa — —

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.

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