tondöv
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ton (“tone”) + döv (“deaf”).
Adjective
[edit]tondöv (not comparable)
- tone-deaf (when it comes to tones or being unwittingly offensive)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of tondöv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tondöv | — | — |
| Neuter singular | tondövt | — | — |
| Plural | tondöva | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | tondöve | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tondöve | — | — |
| All | tondöva | — | — |
| 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 | |||