skeppsbruten

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of skepp +‎ -s- +‎ bruten.

Adjective[edit]

skeppsbruten (not comparable)

  1. shipwrecked
  2. (nominalized) someone shipwrecked, a castaway
    rädda de skeppsbrutna på ön
    save the castaways on the island

Declension[edit]

Inflection of skeppsbruten
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skeppsbruten
Neuter singular skeppsbrutet
Plural skeppsbrutna
Masculine plural3 skeppsbrutne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skeppsbrutne
All skeppsbrutna
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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