besvärlig
Swedish
Etymology
From German beschwerlich, equivalent to besvär + -lig. Cognate with Danish besværlig, Norwegian Bokmål besværlig and Dutch bezwaarlijk.
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Adjective
besvärlig
- difficult, troublesome (of a problem or person or the like)
- ett besvärligt problem
- a difficult problem (to deal with)
- en besvärlig situation
- a difficult situation
- Han är besvärlig
- He's troublesome (to deal with)
Declension
Inflection of besvärlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | besvärlig | besvärligare | besvärligast |
Neuter singular | besvärligt | besvärligare | besvärligast |
Plural | besvärliga | besvärligare | besvärligast |
Masculine plural3 | besvärlige | besvärligare | besvärligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | besvärlige | besvärligare | besvärligaste |
All | besvärliga | besvärligare | besvärligaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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