osvensk
Swedish
Etymology
o- + svensk
Adjective
osvensk (comparative mer osvensk, superlative mest osvensk)
- un-Swedish, not Swedish
- uninhibited, spontaneous, exotic (behavior uncommon among typical Swedes)
- "Jag har rätt och du har fel!" Ha ha, Hans Rosling är så härligt osvensk.
- "I am right and you are wrong!" Ha ha, Hans Rosling is so endearingly un-Swedish.
Usage notes
Often used appreciatively of behavior that is contrary to stereotypes of Swedes as being reserved or overly modest.
Declension
| Inflection of osvensk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | osvensk | mer osvensk | mest osvensk |
| Neuter singular | osvenskt | mer osvenskt | mest osvenskt |
| Plural | osvenska | mer osvenska | mest osvenska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | osvenske | mer osvenske | mest osvenske |
| All | osvenska | mer osvenska | mest osvenska |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Noun
osvensk c
- (archaic) a non-Swede, a person not from Sweden
Declension
| Declension of osvensk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | osvensk | osvensken | osvenskar | osvenskarna |
| Genitive | osvensks | osvenskens | osvenskars | osvenskarnas |
Synonyms
- icke-svensk