osvuren
Swedish
Adjective
osvuren (not comparable)
- unsworn, not promised by swearing an oath, deniable, preliminary
- osvuret är bäst
- better not to promise (something you don't know whether you can hold; literally: unsworn is best)
- Allt oförsökt är bäst att ha osvuret.
- All untried is better to have unsworn.
- osvuret är bäst
Declension
| Inflection of osvuren | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | osvuren | — | — |
| Neuter singular | osvuret | — | — |
| Plural | osvurna | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | osvurne | — | — |
| All | osvurna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
References
- osvuren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- osvuren in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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