vinddriven

Swedish

Etymology

vind + driven, since 1905 (adrift) and 1927 (powered)

Adjective

vinddriven (not comparable)

  1. (of a ship) weather-driven, adrift, driven by the wind without ability of steering
  2. (of a person) adrift, astray, lost (in life)
  3. wind-powered

Declension

Inflection of vinddriven
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vinddriven
Neuter singular vinddrivet
Plural vinddrivna
Masculine plural3 vinddrivne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vinddrivne
All vinddrivna
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

References

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