sammanbiten

Swedish

Etymology

From samman (“together”) +‎ biten (“bitten”), from having a grim facial expression with the mouth (firmly) shut.

Adjective

sammanbiten (not comparable)

1. (of a person or mood or the like) grave, serious (due to dealing with something difficult), (often also) resolute

   Poliserna utanför dörren såg sammanbitna ut, och jag förstod att något hemskt hade hänt

   The officers outside my door looked grave and tense [together-bitten], and I understood that something terrible had happened

   De åtalade såg sammanbitna ut när inspelningen spelades upp

   The defendants looked ill at ease [serious and uncomfortable – together-bitten] when the recording was played back

   sammanbiten stämning

   grave atmosphere

Declension

Inflection of sammanbiten

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sammanbiten	—	—
neuter singular	sammanbitet	—	—
plural	sammanbitna	—	—
masculine plural2	sammanbitne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sammanbitne	—	—
all	sammanbitna	—	—

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.

See also

• hopbiten

References

• sammanbiten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sammanbiten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)