gubbsnygg

Swedish

Etymology

gubbe (“older man”) +‎ snygg (“good-looking, handsome”)

Adjective

gubbsnygg (comparative gubbsnyggare, superlative gubbsnyggast)

  1. (colloquial) handsome, of an older man, or in a way taken to be characteristic of handsome older men; "old man handsome"
    Sean Connery var gubbsnygg
    Sean Connery was "old man handsome"

Declension

Inflection of gubbsnygg
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gubbsnygg gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
neuter singular gubbsnyggt gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
plural gubbsnygga gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
masculine plural2 gubbsnygge gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gubbsnygge gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggaste
all gubbsnygga gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggaste

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.

See also

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