yverboren
Swedish
Etymology
Coined by Olaus Rudbeck in 1677, from Ancient Greek Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi). See also hyperboré.
Adjective
yverboren (comparative mer yverboren, superlative mest yverboren)
- jingoistic
Declension
| Inflection of yverboren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | yverboren | mer yverboren | mest yverboren |
| Neuter singular | yverboret | mer yverboret | mest yverboret |
| Plural | yverborna | mer yverborna | mest yverborna |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | yverborne | mer yverborne | mest yverborne |
| All | yverborna | mer yverborna | mest yverborna |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
- chauvinistisk
- storsvensk
Derived terms
- yverborenhet
References
- yverboren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- yverboren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- yfverboren in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1922)