trög
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Etymology
From Old Swedish trögher, ultimately from the root of Old Norse trauðr (“unwilling, reluctant”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
trög (comparative trögare, superlative trögast)
- inert, slow
- Kranen är trög
- The faucet is hard to turn
- (electronics, electricity) slow, slow-blow (of a fuse)
- stupid, thinking slowly
- Är du trög, eller?
- Are you slow, or something?
Usage notes
The general intuition is of something that only moves with effort, and is possibly slow as a result.
Declension
| Inflection of trög | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | trög | trögare | trögast |
| Neuter singular | trögt | trögare | trögast |
| Plural | tröga | trögare | trögast |
| Masculine plural3 | tröge | trögare | trögast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tröge | trögare | trögaste |
| All | tröga | trögare | trögaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- trög in Svensk ordbok.
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