sketen

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from skita.

Adjective[edit]

sketen (not comparable)

  1. (only used attributively) lousy
    Inte så mycket som ett sketet tack fick vi för att vi hjälpte honom
    We didn't get as much as a lousy thanks for helping him
    Den kostar bara en sketen hundring. Det har du råd med.
    It only costs a lousy 100 SEK. You can afford that.
    Tror du det här spelet går att köra på min sketna gamla laptop?
    Do you think this game will run on my lousy old laptop?

Declension[edit]

Inflection of sketen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sketen sketnare sketnast
Neuter singular sketet sketnare sketnast
Plural sketna sketnare sketnast
Masculine plural3 sketne sketnare sketnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sketne sketnare sketnaste
All sketna sketnare sketnaste
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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