tvivelaktig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tvivel + -aktig, like German zweifelhaft
Adjective
[edit]tvivelaktig (comparative tvivelaktigare, superlative tvivelaktigast)
- questionable, dubious (that can hardly be trusted)
- ett tvivelaktigt påstående
- a questionable claim
- dubious, questionable (of a person)
- 1968, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Somliga går med trasiga skor [Some people walk in tattered shoes]”, in Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person [Ten beautiful songs and Personal Person][1]:
- Jag är en tvivelaktig figur. Duger ej mycket till. Bakom ett hörn står döden på lur. Han tar mig när han vill.
- I'm a dubious figure. Not good for much. Behind a corner, Death lurks. He'll take me whenever he pleases.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of tvivelaktig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tvivelaktig | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigast |
| Neuter singular | tvivelaktigt | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigast |
| Plural | tvivelaktiga | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigast |
| Masculine plural3 | tvivelaktige | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tvivelaktige | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigaste |
| All | tvivelaktiga | tvivelaktigare | tvivelaktigaste |
| 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 | |||