knäpptyst

Swedish

Etymology

knäppa +‎ tyst

Adjective

knäpptyst (not comparable)

  1. completely silent, dead silent
    Det blev knäpptyst i rummet när fadern avslöjades
    The room fell dead silent when the father was revealed

Declension

Inflection of knäpptyst
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular knäpptyst — —
neuter singular knäpptyst — —
plural knäpptysta — —
masculine plural2 knäpptyste — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 knäpptyste — —
all knäpptysta — —

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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