skämd

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish skiæmðær

Participle

skämd

  1. past participle of skämma

Adjective

skämd

  1. spoiled (e.g. fruit, eggs), ruined
    • 1901, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, "Fridolins dårskap", poem in Fridolins lustgård och Dalmålningar på rim
      Vid idealens spruckenhet, och känslans skämda vin, var får din själ sin druckenhet, du gamle Fridolin?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Inflection of skämd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skämd — —
neuter singular skämt — —
plural skämda — —
masculine plural2 skämde — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skämde — —
all skämda — —

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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