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svett
svett
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
svett (neuter singular svett, definite singular and plural svette, comparative svettere, indefinite superlative svettest, definite superlative svetteste)
Etymology 2
Verb
svett
- imperative of svette
References
- “svett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse sveiti, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
svett
- (colloquial) sweaty
Declension
| Inflection of svett | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | svett | — | — |
| Neuter singular | svett | — | — |
| Plural | svetta | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | svette | — | — |
| All | svetta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. | |||
Synonyms
Noun
svett c
Declension
Declension of svett
Related terms
- svettas
- svettfläck
References
- svett in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)