kärlekskrank

Swedish

Etymology

kärlek (“love”) +‎ -s- +‎ krank (“sick (dated)”)

Adjective

kärlekskrank (not comparable)

  1. lovesick (yearning for (sexual) love)
    • 1993, Tuk Tuk Rally, “Komedi [Comedy]”, in Luftballong [Hot-air balloon]‎[1]:
      Vi fann varandra mitt i all förvirring. Jag famlade i dimman efter nåt. Du var vacker, jag var kärlekskrank, rödögd, trött och nästan pank. Vi var Romeo och Julia en minut.
      We found each other amidst all the confusion. I fumbled for something in the mist. You were beautiful, I was lovesick, red-eyed, tired and almost broke. We were Romeo and Juliet for a minute.

Declension

Inflection of kärlekskrank
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kärlekskrank — —
neuter singular kärlekskrankt — —
plural kärlekskranka — —
masculine plural2 kärlekskranke — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kärlekskranke — —
all kärlekskranka — —

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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