fallfärdig

Swedish

Etymology

falla (fall) +‎ färdig (ready). Similar to Norwegian falleferdig.

Adjective

fallfärdig (comparative fallfärdigare, superlative fallfärdigast)

  1. dilapidated, ramshackle, tumbledown (to the point of risking collapse, possibly hyperbolically, usually of a house)
    en fallfärdig gammal kåk
    a dilapidated old house

Declension

Inflection of fallfärdig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular fallfärdig
neuter singular fallfärdigt
plural fallfärdiga
masculine plural2 fallfärdige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 fallfärdige
all fallfärdiga

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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