darrhänt

Swedish

Etymology

darr (“tremble”) +‎ -hänt (“handed”)

Adjective

darrhänt (comparative mer darrhänt, superlative mest darrhänt)

  1. (often) having shaky hands
    Du ritar rakare linjer än jag. Jag är så darrhänt.
    You draw straighter lines than I do. My hands are so shaky.

Usage notes

Of pathological hand tremors as well as milder (and possibly temporary) tremors.

Declension

Inflection of darrhänt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular darrhänt mer darrhänt mest darrhänt
neuter singular darrhänt mer darrhänt mest darrhänt
plural darrhänta mer darrhänta mest darrhänta
masculine plural2 darrhänte mer darrhänta mest darrhänta
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 darrhänte mer darrhänte mest darrhänte
all darrhänta mer darrhänta mest darrhänta

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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