snopen

Swedish

Adjective

snopen (comparative mer snopen, superlative mest snopen)

  1. surprised and disappointed
    Han blev snopen när han inte fick jobbet trots att de hyllat honom på jobbintervjun
    He was surprised and disappointed when he didn't get the job despite being praised at the job interview
    1. crestfallen, bummed out, baffled, etc.
      Han såg snopen ut
      He looked crestfallen [surprised and disappointed]
  2. surprising and disappointing
    1. (as a rewriting) a bummer, etc.
      Det var snopet att de hade stängt när vi hade kört i två timmar
      It was a bummer [surprising and disappointing] they were closed when we had been driving for two hours
      Det var snopet att konserten ställdes in på grund av stormen
      It was a bummer [an unexpected and disappointing turn of events] that the concert was canceled due to the storm
      Riktigt snopet!
      Real bummer!

Declension

Inflection of snopen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular snopen — —
neuter singular snopet — —
plural snopna — —
masculine plural2 snopne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 snopne — —
all snopna — —

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.

See also

  • snöplig (“surprising and disappointing, surprisingly bad”)

References

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