vidöppen

Swedish

Etymology

vid (“wide”) +‎ öppen (“open”)

Adjective

vidöppen (not comparable)

  1. wide open (completely open)
    Dörren stod vidöppen när polisen kom dit
    The door was wide open when the police got there
  2. wide open (unsettled or unresolved)
    en vidöppen match
    a wide open game
  3. wide open (vulnerable, unprotected)
    Systemet med de känsliga uppgifterna stod vidöppet
    The system containing the sensitive information was wide open

Declension

Inflection of vidöppen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vidöppen — —
neuter singular vidöppet — —
plural vidöppna — —
masculine plural2 vidöppne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vidöppne — —
all vidöppna — —

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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