spikrak

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Swedish

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Etymology

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spik (completely (literally "nail")) +‎ rak (straight)

Adjective

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spikrak (comparative spikrakare, superlative spikrakast)

  1. completely straight, straight as an arrow (not bent or curved)
  2. (figuratively) going straight towards some (desirable) place
    en spikrak karriär
    a highly successful career (going straight to the top or the like)

Declension

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Inflection of spikrak
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spikrak spikrakare spikrakast
Neuter singular spikrakt spikrakare spikrakast
Plural spikraka spikrakare spikrakast
Masculine plural3 spikrake spikrakare spikrakast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spikrake spikrakare spikrakaste
All spikraka spikrakare spikrakaste
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

References

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