tramsig

Swedish

Etymology

trams + -ig

Adjective

tramsig (comparative tramsigare, superlative tramsigast)

  1. lacking in seriousness or difficult to take seriously; silly
    Han uppför sig så tramsigt. Han borde vara mer seriös.
    He acts in such a silly manner. He should be more serious.
    Vilket tramsigt förslag
    What a silly proposal

Usage notes

Usually negatively loaded.

Declension

Inflection of tramsig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tramsig tramsigare tramsigast
Neuter singular tramsigt tramsigare tramsigast
Plural tramsiga tramsigare tramsigast
Masculine plural3 tramsige tramsigare tramsigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tramsige tramsigare tramsigaste
All tramsiga tramsigare tramsigaste
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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