höggradig

Swedish

Etymology

hög (“high”) +‎ grad (“degree”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

höggradig (comparative höggradigare, superlative höggradigast)

  1. of a high degree; high, heavy, severe, etc.
    höggradig stenos
    severe stenosis [common in medical jargon]
    1. (as an adverb) to a high degree; highly, heavily, severely, etc.
      höggradigt berusad
      highly [high-degree-ly] intoxicated
      höggradigt gravid
      heavily pregnant [can also be expressed as höggravid]
      vara höggradigt förbannad / förvånad / kränkt / etc.
      be highly [high-degree-ly] pissed off / surprised / offended / etc. [often somewhat jocular formality when of emotions and the like]

Declension

Inflection of höggradig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular höggradig höggradigare höggradigast
neuter singular höggradigt höggradigare höggradigast
plural höggradiga höggradigare höggradigast
masculine plural2 höggradige höggradigare höggradigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 höggradige höggradigare höggradigaste
all höggradiga höggradigare höggradigaste

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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