sparsam

German

Etymology

sparen + -sam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpaːʁzam/, /ˈʃpaːʁzaːm/
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Adjective

sparsam (comparative sparsamer, superlative am sparsamsten)

  1. economical, thrifty

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

sparsam

  1. sparingly

Further reading


Latin

Participle

sparsam

  1. accusative feminine singular of sparsus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From spar (save) + -sam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²spɑːrˌsɑm/

Adjective

sparsam (masculine and feminine sparsam, neuter sparsamt, definite singular and plural sparsame, comparative sparsamare, indefinite superlative sparsamast, definite superlative sparsamaste)

  1. limited
    Me har sparsamt med opplysningar om dette.
    We have limited information about this.
  2. frugal

References


Swedish

Etymology

spara + -sam

Adjective

sparsam

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Declension

Inflection of sparsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular sparsam sparsammare sparsammast
Neuter singular sparsamt sparsammare sparsammast
Plural sparsamma sparsammare sparsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 sparsamme sparsammare sparsammaste
All sparsamma sparsammare sparsammaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Derived terms

  • sparsamhet
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