drumlig

Swedish

Etymology

drumla (“blunder”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

drumlig (comparative drumligare, superlative drumligast)

  1. (colloquial) clumsy, careless
    Jag var drumlig och välte ner en vas
    I was clumsy and knocked down a vase

Declension

Inflection of drumlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular drumlig drumligare drumligast
neuter singular drumligt drumligare drumligast
plural drumliga drumligare drumligast
masculine plural2 drumlige drumligare drumligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 drumlige drumligare drumligaste
all drumliga drumligare drumligaste

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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