meckig

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from meck, "complicated situation", and mecka, "to fix; to tinker with". Formed by adding the adjective suffix -ig, "-y"; so it's meck +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeˌkːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

meckig (comparative meckigare, superlative meckigast)

  1. (colloquial) Complicated, difficult or disconcerting; tricky
    Det kommer bli meckigt att få min familj att acceptera min nya partner.
    "It'll be tricky to get my family to accept my new partner."

Declension

Inflection of meckig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular meckig meckigare meckigast
neuter singular meckigt meckigare meckigast
plural meckiga meckigare meckigast
masculine plural2 meckige meckigare meckigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 meckige meckigare meckigaste
all meckiga meckigare meckigaste

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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