fåfäng in All languages combined

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Etymology: From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|fafænger}} Old Swedish fafænger, {{com|sv|få|få|t1=few|t2=receive}} få (“few”) + få (“receive”), {{m|sv|eldfängd}} eldfängd, {{m|sv|befängd}} befängd Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|fåfängare|superlative|fåfängast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} fåfäng (comparative fåfängare, superlative fåfängast), {{sv-adj}} fåfäng (comparative fåfängare, superlative fåfängast) Forms: fåfängare [comparative], fåfängast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fåfäng [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], fåfängare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], fåfängast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], fåfängt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], fåfängare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], fåfängast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], fåfänga [indefinite, plural, positive], fåfängare [comparative, indefinite, plural], fåfängast [indefinite, plural, superlative], fåfänge [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], fåfängare [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], fåfängast [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], fåfänge [definite, masculine, positive, singular], fåfängare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], fåfängaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], fåfänga [definite, positive], fåfängare [comparative, definite], fåfängaste [definite, superlative]

Inflected forms

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}

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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
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"fåfäng" meaning in All languages combined

Adjective [Swedish]

Inflected forms