korthuggen

Swedish

Etymology

kort (“short”) +‎ huggen (“cut”)

Adjective

korthuggen (comparative mer korthuggen, superlative mest korthuggen)

  1. curt (often rudely so)
    Vår begäran avslogs med ett korthugget "Nej"
    Our request was denied with a curt "No"

Declension

Inflection of korthuggen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular korthuggen mer korthuggen mest korthuggen
neuter singular korthugget mer korthugget mest korthugget
plural korthuggna mer korthuggna mest korthuggna
masculine plural2 korthuggne mer korthuggna mest korthuggna
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 korthuggne mer korthuggne mest korthuggne
all korthuggna mer korthuggna mest korthuggna

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.

Derived terms

  • korthuggenhet

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