tondöv

Swedish

Etymology

From ton (tone) +‎ döv (deaf).

Adjective

tondöv (not comparable)

  1. tone-deaf (when it comes to tones or being unwittingly offensive)

Declension

Inflection of tondöv
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tondöv
neuter singular tondövt
plural tondöva
masculine plural2 tondöve
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tondöve
all tondöva

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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