skrivkunnig

Swedish

Etymology

skriva (write) + kunnig (knowledgeable)

Adjective

skrivkunnig (not comparable)

  1. able to write; literate

Usage notes

For complete literacy, a common phrase is läs- och skrivkunnig ("able to read and able to write").

Declension

Inflection of skrivkunnig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skrivkunnig
Neuter singular skrivkunnigt
Plural skrivkunniga
Masculine plural3 skrivkunnige
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skrivkunnige
All skrivkunniga
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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