spiksäker

Swedish

Etymology

spik (“completely (literally "nail")”) +‎ säker (“sure”)

Adjective

spiksäker (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) absolutely sure
    – Stängde vi av spisen? – Det gjorde vi. – Är du säker? – Spiksäker.
    – Did we turn off the stove? – Yes, we did. – Are you sure? – Absolutely sure.

Declension

Inflection of spiksäker
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular spiksäker — —
neuter singular spiksäkert — —
plural spiksäkra — —
masculine plural2 spiksäkre — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 spiksäkre — —
all spiksäkra — —

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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