benhård

Danish

Etymology

ben +‎ hård

Adjective

benhård (neuter benhårdt, plural and definite singular attributive benhårde)

  1. tough, strict, rigid (physical, mental or economical etc.)
  2. strict, insensitive, insensible (about a person)
  3. (literal, uncommon) unbendable, adamant, inflexible

Inflection

Inflection of benhård
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular benhård — —2
indefinite neuter singular benhårdt — —2
plural benhårde — —2
definite attributive1 benhårde — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Swedish

Etymology

ben (“bone”) +‎ hård (“hard”)

Adjective

benhård (comparative benhårdare, superlative benhårdast)

  1. (literal) bone hard
  2. adamant, rigid, strict, diehard

Declension

Inflection of benhård
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular benhård benhårdare benhårdast
neuter singular benhårt benhårdare benhårdast
plural benhårda benhårdare benhårdast
masculine plural2 benhårde benhårdare benhårdast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 benhårde benhårdare benhårdaste
all benhårda benhårdare benhårdaste

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.