tillknäppt

Swedish

Etymology

Originally past participle of knäppa till (“to button up”), equivalent to till (“up”) +‎ knäppt (“buttoned”, past participle). Compare English buttoned-up, buttoned-down (“conservative; conventional; unimaginative”) and German zugeknöpft.

Adjective

tillknäppt (comparative tillknäpptare, superlative tillknäpptast)

  1. reserved, quiet
  2. (sports) playing very defensively

Declension

Inflection of tillknäppt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tillknäppt tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
neuter singular tillknäppt tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
plural tillknäppta tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
masculine plural2 tillknäppte tillknäpptare tillknäpptast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tillknäppte tillknäpptare tillknäpptaste
all tillknäppta tillknäpptare tillknäpptaste

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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