sketen

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from skita.

Adjective

sketen (not comparable)

  1. (only used attributively) lousy
    Inte så mycket som ett sketet tack fick vi för att vi hjälpte honom
    We didn't get as much as a lousy thanks for helping him
    Den kostar bara en sketen hundring. Det har du råd med.
    It only costs a lousy 100 SEK. You can afford that.
    Tror du det här spelet går att köra på min sketna gamla laptop?
    Do you think this game will run on my lousy old laptop?

Declension

Inflection of sketen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sketen sketnare sketnast
neuter singular sketet sketnare sketnast
plural sketna sketnare sketnast
masculine plural2 sketne sketnare sketnast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sketne sketnare sketnaste
all sketna sketnare sketnaste

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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