kärnfrisk

Swedish

Etymology

kärna (“core”) +‎ frisk (“healthy”)

Adjective

kärnfrisk (not comparable)

  1. (of a tree or timber) having healthy heartwood
  2. (figuratively) in perfect health, fit as a fiddle
    en kärnfrisk 80-åring
    an 80-year-old that's fit as a fiddle

Declension

Inflection of kärnfrisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kärnfrisk — —
neuter singular kärnfriskt — —
plural kärnfriska — —
masculine plural2 kärnfriske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kärnfriske — —
all kärnfriska — —

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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