utmärglad

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally past participle of now rare verb utmärgla, from German ausmärgeln (to take the marl out of the soil). See also German ausgemergelt (emaciated) and Dutch uitmergelen (to emaciate).

Adjective[edit]

utmärglad

  1. emaciated

Declension[edit]

Inflection of utmärglad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular utmärglad
Neuter singular utmärglat
Plural utmärglade
Masculine plural3 utmärglade
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 utmärglade
All utmärglade
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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