purken

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

purken m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of purke

Swedish

Etymology

First attested in 1843.[1]

Adjective

purken (comparative purknare, superlative purknast)

  1. (colloquial) grumpy, displeased (due to some perceived injustice)
    • 2019 January 31, Hasse Gänger, “Leif GW Persson: Jag har skonat många i min nya bok [Leif GW Persson: I have spared many in my new book.]”, in Allas:
      Jag blir förstås lite purken när vissa påstår att jag har varit lat.
      I naturally get a bit upset when some claim that I've been lazy.
  2. (dialect, obsolete) miserable, poor

Declension

Inflection of purken
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular purken purknare purknast
neuter singular purket purknare purknast
plural purkna purknare purknast
masculine plural2 purkne purknare purknast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 purkne purknare purknaste
all purkna purknare purknaste

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.

Synonyms

(grumpy, displeased):

References

  1. ^ purken in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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