handgången

Swedish

Etymology

hand +‎ gången

Adjective

handgången (not comparable)

  1. subservient
    han är diktatorns handgångne man
    he is the dictator's henchman

Usage notes

Only in certain expressions.

Declension

Inflection of handgången
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular handgången
neuter singular handgånget
plural handgångna
masculine plural2 handgångne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 handgångne
all handgångna

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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