allgod

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of all +‎ god. Compare Dutch algoed.

Adjective

allgod (not comparable)

  1. all-good, omnibenevolent (used mostly in reference to God)
    • 1928, Johan Jolin, Rosen bland kamelior‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 3 April 2025, page 62:
      – Kanske skall jag aldrig få återse detta kära hem? [...] – I så fall, mitt barn, är det den Allgodes vilja.
      "Maybe I'll never see this dear home again?" "In that case, my child, it's the will of the Omnibenevolent.
    • 1949, Karin Boye, edited by Margit Abenius, Varia‎[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 3 April 2025, page 23:
      [D]enna värld kan icke vara skapad av en allgod och allvis gud.
      This world cannot have been created by an all-good and all-wise god.

Declension

Inflection of allgod
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular allgod — —
neuter singular allgott — —
plural allgoda — —
masculine plural2 allgode — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 allgode — —
all allgoda — —

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.

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