stursk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stursch. Cognate of German stur, störrisch, Dutch stuurs.

Adjective

stursk (comparative sturskare, superlative sturskast)

1. insolent, cocky, uppity

Declension

Inflection of stursk

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	stursk	sturskare	sturskast
neuter singular	sturskt	sturskare	sturskast
plural	sturska	sturskare	sturskast
masculine plural2	sturske	sturskare	sturskast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sturske	sturskare	sturskaste
all	sturska	sturskare	sturskaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• sturskas
• sturskhet

References

• “stursk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “stursk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “stursk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• stursk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)