svimmel

Danish

Etymology

Either from svimle, or from dated noun svimmel. Likely related to svime. Compare also Middle Low German swimel.

Adjective

svimmel (neuter svimmelt, plural and definite singular attributive svimle)

  1. dizzy, light-headed

Inflection

Inflection of svimmel
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular svimmel 2
indefinite neuter singular svimmelt 2
plural svimle 2
definite attributive1 svimle

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

  • svimle

See also

  • rundtosset
  • svime

References