Gräsiga

Gräsiga is a Swedish adjective meaning grassy or covered with grass. It is used to describe vegetation, surfaces, or landscapes that are rich in grass or have a grass-like appearance. The word is derived from gräs, the noun for grass, plus the suffix -ig, which forms adjectives indicating a quality.

In standard Swedish, gräsiga appears in contexts where the described noun is plural or in certain grammatical constructions. The base forms of the adjective are gräsig (singular common gender) and gräsigt (neuter); gräsiga is used for plural or certain definite contexts. The term is commonly applied to natural settings such as fields, meadows, and lawns, as well as to man-made surfaces that are covered with or resemble grass.

Gräsiga is often contrasted with more specific terms like gräslik or gräsbeton in nuanced descriptions of terrain or texture. While primarily literal, the word can also be used metaphorically to convey a grassy or green, lush impression in descriptions of scenes, photography, or design.

Examples of usage include gräsiga fält (grassy fields), gräsiga ängar (grassy meadows), and gräsiga ytor (grassy surfaces). The term is most common in descriptive prose about landscapes and horticultural contexts.

See also: gräs, gräsmark, grässort, grass language in Swedish adjectives.