anspråksfull

Swedish

Etymology

anspråk (“claim”) +‎ -s- +‎ -full (“-ful”)

Adjective

anspråksfull (comparative anspråksfullare, superlative anspråksfullast)

  1. that (explicitly or implicitly) makes high claims (to something, often greatness or the like)
    Antonym: anspråkslös
    en anspråksfull man
    (if clear from context) a pretentious man (a man that lays claim to being great, etc.)

Declension
Inflection of anspråksfull
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular anspråksfull anspråksfullare anspråksfullast
Neuter singular anspråksfullt anspråksfullare anspråksfullast
Plural anspråksfulla anspråksfullare anspråksfullast
Masculine plural3 anspråksfulle anspråksfullare anspråksfullast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 anspråksfulle anspråksfullare anspråksfullaste
All anspråksfulla anspråksfullare anspråksfullaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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