tråkig

Swedish

Etymology

tråka +‎ -ig. Sense "boring" influenced by tråka ut.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tråkig (comparative tråkigare, superlative tråkigast)

  1. unpleasant, unfortunate
  2. boring
    Jag har tråkigt. ― I'm bored.

Declension

Inflection of tråkig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tråkig tråkigare tråkigast
neuter singular tråkigt tråkigare tråkigast
plural tråkiga tråkigare tråkigast
masculine plural2 tråkige tråkigare tråkigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tråkige tråkigare tråkigaste
all tråkiga tråkigare tråkigaste

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

  • tråka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

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