egenhändig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German eigenhändig. By surface analysis, egen +‎ hand +‎ -ig. Cognate of Danish egenhændig, Dutch eigenhandig.

Adjective

egenhändig (comparative mer egenhändig, superlative mest egenhändig)

  1. by one's own hand

Declension
Inflection of egenhändig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular egenhändig mer egenhändig mest egenhändig
Neuter singular egenhändigt mer egenhändigt mest egenhändigt
Plural egenhändiga mer egenhändiga mest egenhändiga
Masculine plural3 egenhändige mer egenhändiga mest egenhändiga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 egenhändige mer egenhändige mest egenhändige
All egenhändiga mer egenhändiga mest egenhändiga
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

See also
  • på egen hand

Further reading
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