tomhänt

Swedish

Etymology

tom (“empty”) +‎ -hänt (“-handed”)

Adjective

tomhänt (not comparable)

  1. empty-handed
    Vi kan inte komma tomhänta till födelsedagskalaset
    We can't arrive empty-handed at the birthday party

Declension

Inflection of tomhänt
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tomhänt — —
neuter singular tomhänt — —
plural tomhänta — —
masculine plural2 tomhänte — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tomhänte — —
all tomhänta — —

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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