kuslig

Swedish

en kuslig kyrkogård

Etymology

From kuse +‎ -lig.

Adjective

kuslig (comparative kusligare, superlative kusligast)

1. eerie, spooky

   Spöken är kusliga

   Ghosts are eerie

Declension

Inflection of kuslig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kuslig	kusligare	kusligast
neuter singular	kusligt	kusligare	kusligast
plural	kusliga	kusligare	kusligast
masculine plural2	kuslige	kusligare	kusligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kuslige	kusligare	kusligaste
all	kusliga	kusligare	kusligaste

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

• kuslighet (“eeriness”)

See also

• läskig (“scary”)

References

• “kuslig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kuslig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kuslig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)