purken

Norwegian Bokmål

purken m or f

First attested in 1843.[1]

purken (comparative purknare, superlative purknast)

(colloquial) grumpy, displeased (due to some perceived injustice)
- 2019 January 31, Hasse Gänger, “Leif GW Persson: Jag har skonat många i min nya bok [Leif GW Persson: I have spared many in my new book.]”, in Allas:
  Jag blir förstås lite purken när vissa påstår att jag har varit lat.
  I naturally get a bit upset when some claim that I've been lazy.
(dialect, obsolete) miserable, poor

Inflection of purken
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	purken	purknare	purknast
Neuter singular	purket	purknare	purknast
Plural	purkna	purknare	purknast
Masculine plural³	purkne	purknare	purknast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	purkne	purknare	purknaste
All	purkna	purknare	purknaste
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

(grumpy, displeased):

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