grym

Swedish

FWOTD – 3 January 2016

Etymology

From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡryːm/
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Adjective

grym

  1. cruel (not nice), mean, heartless, sinister, grim
  2. (colloquial) cool, nice; awesome, amazing, fantastic
    • 2004, Magnus Uggla, song lyrics
      Hon är grejen, värsta grymma tjejen
      She's the thing, the best nicest girl

Declension

Inflection of grym
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular grym grymmare grymmast
Neuter singular grymt grymmare grymmast
Plural grymma grymmare grymmast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 grymme grymmare grymmaste
All grymma grymmare grymmaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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