glubsk

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glupesch. Equivalent to glube +‎ -sk, similarly to bidsk. Compare Norwegian and Swedish glupsk.

Adjective

glubsk (neuter glubsk or glubskt, plural and definite singular attributive glubske)

  1. ferocious, wild (likely to attack or bite)
    Synonym: bidsk
  2. (figurative) greedy, immoderate
    Synonym: grådig

Inflection

Inflection of glubsk
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular glubsk — —2
indefinite neuter singular glubsk — —2
plural glubske — —2
definite attributive1 glubske — —

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.

References

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