schangtil
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Folksy variant of gentil.
Adjective
schangtil (not comparable)
- (colloquial) generous and classy
- Det var schangtilt av dig att byta rum med familjen bredvid på hotellet så att de fick ett större rum
- It was generous of you to switch rooms with the family next door at the hotel so that they could have a bigger room
- – Jag lånade ut cykeln till Nisse medan hans var på reparation. – Mycket schangtilt gjort av dig!
- – I lent my bike to Nisse while his was at the shop. – Very classy of you!
- (colloquial) elegant, fancy, posh
- Synonym: (humorous) sjangdobel
- en schangtil gentleman
- an elegant gentleman
- (colloquial) most excellent (more vaguely); most delightful, etc.
- Synonym: (humorous) sjangdobel
Usage notes
Often a bit tongue in cheek pretend fancy.
Declension
| Inflection of schangtil | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | schangtil | — | — |
| Neuter singular | schangtilt | — | — |
| Plural | schangtila | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | schangtile | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | schangtile | — | — |
| All | schangtila | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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