kärnfrisk

Swedish

Etymology

kärna (core) + frisk (healthy)

Adjective

kärnfrisk (comparative kärnfriskare, superlative kärnfriskast)

  1. (of a tree or timber) having healthy heartwood
  2. (figuratively) in perfect health, fit as a fiddle
    en kärnfrisk 80-åring
    an 80-year-old that's fit as a fiddle

Declension

Inflection of kärnfrisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular kärnfrisk kärnfriskare kärnfriskast
Neuter singular kärnfriskt kärnfriskare kärnfriskast
Plural kärnfriska kärnfriskare kärnfriskast
Masculine plural3 kärnfriske kärnfriskare kärnfriskast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 kärnfriske kärnfriskare kärnfriskaste
All kärnfriska kärnfriskare kärnfriskaste
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

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