utsvulten

Swedish

Etymology

ut (“out”) +‎ svulten (“starved”)

Adjective

utsvulten (not comparable)

  1. starving, famished (extremely or (often, through hyperbole) very hungry (due to not having eaten for a long time), sometimes figuratively)
    Jag är utsvulten. När blir det mat?
    I'm starving. When will there be food?
    Har ni inte ätit på hela dagen? Ni måste vara utsvultna!
    Have you not eaten all day? You must be starving!
    utsvulten på kärlek
    starved for love

Declension

Inflection of utsvulten
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular utsvulten — —
neuter singular utsvultet — —
plural utsvultna — —
masculine plural2 utsvultne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 utsvultne — —
all utsvultna — —

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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