meckig

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from meck, "complicated situation", and mecka, "to fix; to tinker with". Formed by adding the adjective suffix -ig, "-y"; so it's meck +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeˌkːɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

meckig (comparative meckigare, superlative meckigast)

  1. (colloquial) Complicated, difficult or disconcerting; tricky
    Det kommer bli meckigt att få min familj att acceptera min nya partner.
    "It'll be tricky to get my family to accept my new partner."

Declension
Inflection of meckig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular meckig meckigare meckigast
Neuter singular meckigt meckigare meckigast
Plural meckiga meckigare meckigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 meckige meckigare meckigaste
All meckiga meckigare meckigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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