eftergiven

Danish

Etymology

See eftergive.

Adjective

eftergiven (neuter eftergivent, plural and definite singular attributive eftergivne)

  1. indulgent, compliant
    Synonym: eftergivende

Inflection

Inflection of eftergiven
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular eftergiven — —2
indefinite neuter singular eftergivent — —2
plural eftergivne — —2
definite attributive1 eftergivne — —

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Participle

eftergiven

  1. past participle of ge efter

Adjective

eftergiven (comparative mer eftergiven, superlative mest eftergiven)

  1. (too) easily bending to the will of others, (overly) indulgent

Declension

Inflection of eftergiven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular eftergiven — —
neuter singular eftergivet — —
plural eftergivna — —
masculine plural2 eftergivne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 eftergivne — —
all eftergivna — —

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

References

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