sparsom

Danish

Etymology

From spare (“to save”) +‎ -som (adjective suffix), calque of German sparsam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sparsɔmˀ/, [ˈsb̥ɑːˌsʌmˀ]

Adjective

sparsom (neuter sparsomt, plural and definite singular attributive sparsomme)

  1. scanty, scattered

Inflection

Inflection of sparsom
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular sparsom sparsommere sparsomst2
indefinite neuter singular sparsomt sparsommere sparsomst2
plural sparsomme sparsommere sparsomst2
definite attributive1 sparsomme sparsommere sparsomste

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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