spänd
See also: spand
Swedish
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Participle
[edit]spänd
- past participle of spänna
Adjective
[edit]spänd (comparative mer spänd, superlative mest spänd)
- stretched (extending across a gap), spanning
- tense, tight
- Antonym: slak
- gå på spänd lina
- walk on a tight rope
- excited, uptight, filled with excitement, with tension
Usage notes
[edit]The intuition is closer to tensed/tightened, since this is a past participle, though it usually doesn't make difference.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of spänd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | spänd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | spänt | — | — |
| Plural | spända | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | spände | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | spände | — | — |
| All | spända | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- spänd in Svensk ordbok.
- spänd in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)