oförklarlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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o- (un-) +‎ förklarlig (explainable)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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oförklarlig (not comparable)

  1. inexplicable, unexplainable
    av någon oförklarlig anledning
    for some inexplicable reason
  2. unexplained
    oförklarlig fågeldöd
    unexplained bird death

Usage notes

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Oförklarad would be the literal translation in (sense 2), but oförklarlig is more idiomatic, focusing on people's (current) inability to explain something rather than on it not being explained.

Declension

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Inflection of oförklarlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular oförklarlig
Neuter singular oförklarligt
Plural oförklarliga
Masculine plural3 oförklarlige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 oförklarlige
All oförklarliga
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

Derived terms

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