knaprig

Swedish

Etymology

knapra +‎ -ig

Adjective

knaprig (comparative knaprigare, superlative knaprigast)

  1. firm and crispy

Usage notes

Often used to describe bacon fried until relatively hard and dry, and (the crust of) crusty bread.

Declension

Inflection of knaprig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular knaprig knaprigare knaprigast
neuter singular knaprigt knaprigare knaprigast
plural knapriga knaprigare knaprigast
masculine plural2 knaprige knaprigare knaprigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 knaprige knaprigare knaprigaste
all knapriga knaprigare knaprigaste

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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