bredbent

Swedish

Etymology

bred (“wide, broad”) +‎ -bent (“legged”)

Adjective

bredbent (not comparable)

  1. wide-legged (having the legs far apart)
    stå bredbent
    stand wide-legged
    ställa sig bredbent
    put one's feet apart / go stand somewhere with one's feet apart

Declension

Inflection of bredbent
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bredbent — —
neuter singular bredbent — —
plural bredbenta — —
masculine plural2 bredbente — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bredbente — —
all bredbenta — —

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.

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