tillfällig

Swedish

Etymology

Partly from Middle Low German tōvallich, tōvellich from tōval (“occasion, instance”) + -ich and partly from tillfälle +‎ -ig. Cognate with, but with a different meaning than, Danish tilfældig, Norwegian tilfeldig, German zufällig and Dutch toevallig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tillfällig (comparative tillfälligare, superlative tillfälligast)

  1. temporary; valid for a brief period of time

Declension

Inflection of tillfällig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tillfällig tillfälligare tillfälligast
neuter singular tillfälligt tillfälligare tillfälligast
plural tillfälliga tillfälligare tillfälligast
masculine plural2 tillfällige tillfälligare tillfälligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tillfällige tillfälligare tillfälligaste
all tillfälliga tillfälligare tillfälligaste

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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