öppenhjärtig

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From öppen +‎ hjärta +‎ -ig; a calque of German offenherzig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²œpɛnˌjɛrtɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

öppenhjärtig (comparative öppenhjärtigare, superlative öppenhjärtigast)

  1. open-hearted, frank

Usage notes

  • An informal variant is öppenhjärtlig, usually proscribed by normative sources. This variant probably arose due to analogy with hjärtlig (“cordial, hearty”).

Declension

Inflection of öppenhjärtig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular öppenhjärtig öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigast
neuter singular öppenhjärtigt öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigast
plural öppenhjärtiga öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigast
masculine plural2 öppenhjärtige öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 öppenhjärtige öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigaste
all öppenhjärtiga öppenhjärtigare öppenhjärtigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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