mörkrädd

Swedish

Etymology

mörker (“darkness”) +‎ rädd (“afraid”)

Adjective

mörkrädd (comparative mörkräddare, superlative mörkräddast)

  1. afraid of the dark
    Han är mörkrädd och vill inte sova ensam
    He is afraid of the dark and doesn't want to sleep alone

Declension

Inflection of mörkrädd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mörkrädd mörkräddare mörkräddast
neuter singular mörkrätt mörkräddare mörkräddast
plural mörkrädda mörkräddare mörkräddast
masculine plural2 mörkrädde mörkräddare mörkräddast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 mörkrädde mörkräddare mörkräddaste
all mörkrädda mörkräddare mörkräddaste

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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