utmärglad

Swedish

Etymology

Originally past participle of now rare verb utmärgla, from German ausmärgeln (“to take the marl out of the soil”). See also German ausgemergelt (“emaciated”) and Dutch uitmergelen (“to emaciate”).

Adjective

utmärglad

  1. emaciated

Declension

Inflection of utmärglad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular utmärglad — —
neuter singular utmärglat — —
plural utmärglade — —
masculine plural2 utmärglade — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 utmärglade — —
all utmärglade — —

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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