pinig

Swedish

Etymology

Equivalent to pina (“torment”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Likely from clipping of pinsam (“embarrassing, awkward”) + -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

pinig (comparative pinigare, superlative pinigast)

  1. (colloquial, often childish) embarrassing, awkward
    Synonym: pinsam
    Det var hur pinigt som helst!
    It was so embarrassing!

Declension

Inflection of pinig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pinig pinigare pinigast
neuter singular pinigt pinigare pinigast
plural piniga pinigare pinigast
masculine plural2 pinige pinigare pinigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 pinige pinigare pinigaste
all piniga pinigare pinigaste

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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