snål

See also: snął and sňal

Swedish

From Old Swedish snāl (“cheap, greedy”).

snål (comparative snålare, superlative snålast)

unwilling to spend or give money (or other resources); cheap, stingy
Synonym: knusslig
meagre; deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
1. (in compounds) containing a small amount or using few resources
(of a wind) biting, cutting

Inflection of snål
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	snål	snålare	snålast
Neuter singular	snålt	snålare	snålast
Plural	snåla	snålare	snålast
Masculine plural³	snåle	snålare	snålast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	snåle	snålare	snålaste
All	snåla	snålare	snålaste
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