omständlig

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German umständlich.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²ɔmˌstɛndlɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

omständlig (comparative omständligare, superlative omständligast)

  1. circumstantial, (overly) detailed or complicated

Usage notes
  • A common informal variant is omständig, usually proscribed according to normative sources. This variant probably arose due to analogy with omständighet (“circumstance”).

Declension
Inflection of omständlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular omständlig omständligare omständligast
Neuter singular omständligt omständligare omständligast
Plural omständliga omständligare omständligast
Masculine plural3 omständlige omständligare omständligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 omständlige omständligare omständligaste
All omständliga omständligare omständligaste
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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