knapphändig

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German knaphandig, superficially equivalent to knapp (“scarce”) +‎ händig. Attested since 1827. Original meaning could have been connected to knapp in the now archaic sense "dexterous".

Adjective

knapphändig (comparative knapphändigare, superlative knapphändigast)

brief, terse, scant

Declension

Inflection of knapphändig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	knapphändig	knapphändigare	knapphändigast
Neuter singular	knapphändigt	knapphändigare	knapphändigast
Plural	knapphändiga	knapphändigare	knapphändigast
Masculine plural³	knapphändige	knapphändigare	knapphändigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	knapphändige	knapphändigare	knapphändigaste
All	knapphändiga	knapphändigare	knapphändigaste
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

Derived terms

knapphändighet

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