förtroendevald
Swedish
Etymology
förtroende (“trust”) + -s- + vald (“chosen, elected”)
Adjective
förtroendevald (not comparable)
- having been elected as an elected official (as opposed to having been appointed outside an election)
- (nominalized) an elected official
Declension
| Inflection of förtroendevald | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | förtroendevald | — | — |
| Neuter singular | förtroendevalt | — | — |
| Plural | förtroendevalda | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | förtroendevalde | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | förtroendevalde | — | — |
| All | förtroendevalda | — | — |
| 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 | |||
References
- förtroendevald in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- förtroendevald in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)