missmodig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German missmutig. By surface analysis, missmod +‎ -ig.

Adjective

missmodig (comparative missmodigare, superlative missmodigast)

  1. dejected, despondent

Declension

Inflection of missmodig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular missmodig missmodigare missmodigast
neuter singular missmodigt missmodigare missmodigast
plural missmodiga missmodigare missmodigast
masculine plural2 missmodige missmodigare missmodigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 missmodige missmodigare missmodigaste
all missmodiga missmodigare missmodigaste

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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