våghalsig

Swedish

Etymology

From våga (“dare”) +‎ hals (“neck”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Cognate of German waghalsig from which it is possibly derived.

Adjective

våghalsig (comparative våghalsigare, superlative våghalsigast)

  1. very daring, possibly foolhardy, audacious

Declension

Inflection of våghalsig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular våghalsig våghalsigare våghalsigast
neuter singular våghalsigt våghalsigare våghalsigast
plural våghalsiga våghalsigare våghalsigast
masculine plural2 våghalsige våghalsigare våghalsigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 våghalsige våghalsigare våghalsigaste
all våghalsiga våghalsigare våghalsigaste

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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