trasig

Swedish

Etymology

From trasa (“rag”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Now a generic word for broken, etymology notwithstanding.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

trasig (comparative trasigare, superlative trasigast)

1. broken (non-functional)

   Bilen är trasig

   The car is broken

   Synonyms: sönder, söndrig

   1. out of order

      Synonym: ur funktion

2. tattered, torn, ragged; broken with rough edges; worn into tatters

   trasiga kläder

   tattered clothes

   • 1987, “Trasdockorna [signaturmelodi] [The Raggy Dolls [theme song]]”, Jan Nygren (lyrics), Neil Innes (music)‎:

     Att va' [vara] söta men lika som bär, vad är det att ha? Lite annorlunda är inget fel att va' [vara]. Om man är av en annan sort, varför ska man kastas bort? Lite trasiga och knasiga, är vårt trasdocksgäng. Lite trasiga och knasiga, det är vår refräng. Är din näsa sned eller armen ur led och din tå är gul och blå? Lappri, säger trasdockan, du är lika bra ändå. Fast trasiga och knasiga. Vi sjunger vår refräng. Lite trasiga och knasiga, är vårt trasdocksgäng.

     To be cute but like two peas in a pod [alike as berries], what's the good in that [what is that to have]? A little different is nothing wrong to be. If you [one] are of a different kind, why should you be thrown away? A little ragged/broken and wacky, is our rag doll bunch [gang]. A little ragged and wacky, that is our chorus. Is your nose crooked or your arm out of joint [dislocated] and your toe is yellow and blue ["gul och blå" also appears idiomatically in some expressions, like "bli slagen gul och blå" (be beaten senseless)]? Trifles [lappri – a somewhat obscure word, and likely to have confused many native speakers], says the rag doll, you're just as good anyway. Though ragged and wacky. We sing our chorus. A little ragged and wacky, is our rag doll bunch.

Declension

Inflection of trasig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	trasig	trasigare	trasigast
neuter singular	trasigt	trasigare	trasigast
plural	trasiga	trasigare	trasigast
masculine plural2	trasige	trasigare	trasigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	trasige	trasigare	trasigaste
all	trasiga	trasigare	trasigaste

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.

Related terms

• trasa

References

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

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