avdragsgill
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]avdragsgill (comparative mer avdragsgill, superlative mest avdragsgill)
- deductible
- 1998, “Jag ska bli en byråkrat [I will [shall] be a bureaucrat]”, in Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), Electric Banana Tajm [Electric Banana Time [with jocular Swedification of "time"]][1], performed by Electric Banana Band:
- De sitter där vid varsitt bord och skriver sina svåra ord, som "avdragsgill" och "synergi". Så duktig vill jag också bli.
- They each sit there at their own table [as a fairly literal translation – literally, word for word, "They sit there at one-for-each table" – "separate" sounds a bit different] and type [or write] their difficult words, like "deductible" and "synergy." I want to be that good too.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of avdragsgill | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | avdragsgill | mer avdragsgill | mest avdragsgill |
| Neuter singular | avdragsgillt | mer avdragsgillt | mest avdragsgillt |
| Plural | avdragsgilla | mer avdragsgilla | mest avdragsgilla |
| Masculine plural3 | avdragsgille | mer avdragsgilla | mest avdragsgilla |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | avdragsgille | mer avdragsgille | mest avdragsgille |
| All | avdragsgilla | mer avdragsgilla | mest avdragsgilla |
| 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 | |||