hårdkokt

Swedish

Etymology

From hård (“hard”) +‎ kokt (“boiled”).

Adjective

hårdkokt (comparative hårdkoktare, superlative hårdkoktast)

1. hard-boiled (of an egg)
2. hard-boiled (callous and unsentimental)

Declension

Inflection of hårdkokt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hårdkokt	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktast
neuter singular	hårdkokt	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktast
plural	hårdkokta	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktast
masculine plural2	hårdkokte	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hårdkokte	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktaste
all	hårdkokta	hårdkoktare	hårdkoktaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• löskokt (“soft-boiled”)

References

• hårdkokt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• hårdkokt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hårdkokt in Svensk ordbok (SO)