egenkär

Swedish

Etymology

egen (“own”) +‎ kär (“loving”)

Adjective

egenkär (comparative mer egenkär, superlative mest egenkär)

  1. conceited

Declension

Inflection of egenkär
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular egenkär mer egenkär mest egenkär
neuter singular egenkärt mer egenkärt mest egenkärt
plural egenkära mer egenkära mest egenkära
masculine plural2 egenkäre mer egenkära mest egenkära
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 egenkäre mer egenkäre mest egenkäre
all egenkära mer egenkära mest egenkära

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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