tramsig

Swedish

Etymology

trams +‎ -ig

Adjective

tramsig (comparative tramsigare, superlative tramsigast)

1. lacking in seriousness or difficult to take seriously; silly

   Han uppför sig så tramsigt. Han borde vara mer seriös.

   He acts in such a silly manner. He should be more serious.

   Vilket tramsigt förslag

   What a silly proposal

Usage notes

Usually negatively loaded.

Declension

Inflection of tramsig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	tramsig	tramsigare	tramsigast
neuter singular	tramsigt	tramsigare	tramsigast
plural	tramsiga	tramsigare	tramsigast
masculine plural2	tramsige	tramsigare	tramsigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	tramsige	tramsigare	tramsigaste
all	tramsiga	tramsigare	tramsigaste

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.

Synonyms

• fånig
• larvig

Derived terms

• tramsighet

Related terms

• trams
• tramsa

See also

• flamsig

References

• tramsig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tramsig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tramsig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)