allmän
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse almennr, akin to alla + man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalˌmɛn/
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Adjective
allmän
- public (pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people)
- general, generic, common, vague (not specific), non-specialized
- han uttryckte sig bara i allmänna ordalag
- he used only vague terms
- ett allmänt förlag
- a non-specialized publishing house (for general literature)
- han uttryckte sig bara i allmänna ordalag
Declension
| Inflection of allmän | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | allmän | allmännare | allmännast |
| Neuter singular | allmänt | allmännare | allmännast |
| Plural | allmänna | allmännare | allmännast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | allmänne | allmännare | allmännaste |
| All | allmänna | allmännare | allmännaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||