stroppig

Swedish

Etymology

From stropp (“someone snooty, a snoot”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Adjective

stroppig (comparative stroppigare, superlative stroppigast)

  1. haughty and condescending; snooty

Declension

Inflection of stroppig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular stroppig stroppigare stroppigast
neuter singular stroppigt stroppigare stroppigast
plural stroppiga stroppigare stroppigast
masculine plural2 stroppige stroppigare stroppigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 stroppige stroppigare stroppigaste
all stroppiga stroppigare stroppigaste

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.

References

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