inhemsk

Swedish

Etymology

From in- + hem + -sk.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

inhemsk (not comparable)

  1. domestic (from the own country)
    Undvik främmande ord när det finns en adekvat inhemsk vokabulär.
    Avoid foreign words in the presence of an adequate domestic vocabulary. (falsely attributed to Gunnar Sträng, who actually said: adekvat svensk vokabulär)

Declension

Inflection of inhemsk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular inhemsk
Neuter singular inhemskt
Plural inhemska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 inhemske
All inhemska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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