tråkig

Swedish

Etymology

tråka +‎ -ig. Sense "boring" influenced by tråka ut.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

tråkig (comparative tråkigare, superlative tråkigast)

  1. unpleasant, unfortunate
  2. boring
    Jag har tråkigt. ― I'm bored.

Declension
Inflection of tråkig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tråkig tråkigare tråkigast
Neuter singular tråkigt tråkigare tråkigast
Plural tråkiga tråkigare tråkigast
Masculine plural3 tråkige tråkigare tråkigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tråkige tråkigare tråkigaste
All tråkiga tråkigare tråkigaste
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

References
  • tråka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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