gubbsnygg

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gubbe (older man) +‎ snygg (good-looking, handsome)

Adjective[edit]

gubbsnygg (comparative gubbsnyggare, superlative gubbsnyggast)

  1. (colloquial) handsome, of an older man, or in a way taken to be characteristic of handsome older men; "old man handsome"
    Sean Connery var gubbsnygg
    Sean Connery was "old man handsome"

Declension[edit]

Inflection of gubbsnygg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gubbsnygg gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
Neuter singular gubbsnyggt gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
Plural gubbsnygga gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
Masculine plural3 gubbsnygge gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gubbsnygge gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggaste
All gubbsnygga gubbsnyggare gubbsnyggaste
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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