knapphändig

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German knaphandig, superficially equivalent to knapp (“scarce”) +‎ händig. Attested since 1827. Original meaning could have been connected to knapp in the now archaic sense "dexterous".

Adjective

knapphändig (comparative knapphändigare, superlative knapphändigast)

  1. brief, terse, scant

Declension
Inflection of knapphändig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular knapphändig knapphändigare knapphändigast
Neuter singular knapphändigt knapphändigare knapphändigast
Plural knapphändiga knapphändigare knapphändigast
Masculine plural3 knapphändige knapphändigare knapphändigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 knapphändige knapphändigare knapphändigaste
All knapphändiga knapphändigare knapphändigaste
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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