spänd

See also: spand

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Participle

spänd

  1. past participle of spänna

Adjective

spänd (comparative mer spänd, superlative mest spänd)

  1. stretched (extending across a gap), spanning
  2. tense, tight
    Antonym: slak
    gå på spänd lina
    walk on a tight rope
  3. excited, uptight, filled with excitement, with tension

Usage notes

The intuition is closer to tensed/tightened, since this is a past participle, though it usually doesn't make difference.

Declension
Inflection of spänd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular spänd — —
Neuter singular spänt — —
Plural spända — —
Masculine plural3 spände — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 spände — —
All spända — —
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

Derived terms

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.