spinkel

Danish

Etymology

Transformed from obsolete spinket, from the verb spinke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spenkəl/, [ˈsb̥eŋˀɡ̊əl]

Adjective

spinkel (neuter spinkelt, plural and definite singular attributive spinkle)

  1. slight
  2. slender
  3. delicate
  4. frail
  5. flimsy
  6. slim

Inflection

Inflection of spinkel
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular spinkel spinklere spinklest2
indefinite neuter singular spinkelt spinklere spinklest2
plural spinkle spinklere spinklest2
definite attributive1 spinkle spinklere spinkleste

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.

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb spinke.

Adjective

spinkel (masculine and feminine spinkel, neuter spinkelt, definite singular and plural spinkle, comparative spinklere, indefinite superlative spinklest, definite superlative spinkleste)

  1. slender, thin (figure)
  2. delicate, fragile, frail (build, voice)
  3. flimsy (construction)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb spinke.

Adjective

spinkel (neuter spinkelt, definite singular and plural spinkle, comparative spinklare, indefinite superlative spinklast, definite superlative spinklaste)

  1. slender, thin (figure)
  2. delicate, fragile, frail (build, voice)
  3. flimsy (construction)

References

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