trög

See also: trog, Trog, and tròg

Swedish

From Old Swedish trögher, ultimately from the root of Old Norse trauðr (“unwilling, reluctant”).

trög (comparative trögare, superlative trögast)

inert, slow
Kranen är trög
The faucet is hard to turn
(electronics, electricity) slow, slow-blow (of a fuse)
stupid, thinking slowly
Är du trög, eller?
Are you slow, or something?

The general intuition is of something that only moves with effort, and is possibly slow as a result.

Inflection of trög
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	trög	trögare	trögast
Neuter singular	trögt	trögare	trögast
Plural	tröga	trögare	trögast
Masculine plural³	tröge	trögare	trögast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	tröge	trögare	trögaste
All	tröga	trögare	trögaste
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