snål

See also: snął and sňal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

May be related to Swedish snål (“greedy”).

Adjective

snål (neuter singular snålt, definite singular and plural snåle, comparative snålare, indefinite superlative snålast, definite superlative snålaste)

  1. weird, unusual, strange
    Synonyms: rar, snodig, merkeleg, underleg
  2. (rare) funny
  3. (Numedalsmål) nice, well-behaved
  4. (Telemål) beautiful
  5. (Trøndersk) greedy

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish snāl (“cheap, greedy”). May be related to Norwegian Nynorsk snål.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snoːl/
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Adjective

snål (comparative snålare, superlative snålast)

  1. unwilling to spend or give money (or other resources); cheap, stingy
    Synonym: knusslig
  2. meagre; deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
    1. (in compounds) containing a small amount or using few resources
  3. (of a wind) biting, cutting

Declension

Inflection of snål
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular snål snålare snålast
neuter singular snålt snålare snålast
plural snåla snålare snålast
masculine plural2 snåle snålare snålast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 snåle snålare snålaste
all snåla snålare snålaste

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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