kämpig

Swedish

Etymology

kämpa (“struggle”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

kämpig (comparative kämpigare, superlative kämpigast)

  1. (colloquial) difficult, tough (of a situation or the like)
    en kämpig situation
    a tough situation
    kämpigt arbete
    tough work

Declension

Inflection of kämpig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kämpig kämpigare kämpigast
neuter singular kämpigt kämpigare kämpigast
plural kämpiga kämpigare kämpigast
masculine plural2 kämpige kämpigare kämpigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kämpige kämpigare kämpigaste
all kämpiga kämpigare kämpigaste

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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