tondöv

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ton (tone) +‎ döv (deaf).

Adjective[edit]

tondöv (not comparable)

  1. tone-deaf (when it comes to tones or being unwittingly offensive)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of tondöv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tondöv
Neuter singular tondövt
Plural tondöva
Masculine plural3 tondöve
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tondöve
All tondöva
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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