allvetande

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

allvetande (singular and plural allvetande, comparative meir allvetande, superlative mest allvetande)

  1. alternative form of allvitande

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of all +‎ vetande. Compare German allwissend and Dutch alwetend.

Adjective

allvetande (not inflected)

  1. all-knowing, omniscient (used mostly in reference to God)
    • 1932, Hjalmar Söderberg, Den förvandlade messias. Jesus Barabbas II‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 12 May 2025, page 123:
      Evangelierna förutsätta [...] att [Jesus] var allvetande, [...] att han förutsade sin uppståndelse.
      The Gospels assume that Jesus was omniscient, that he predicted his resurrection.
    • 1998, Mohammed Knut Bernström, transl., “Al-Baqarah 2:32”, in Koranens budskap‎[2], © Proprius förlag, accessed at Quran.com, archived from the original on 12 May 2025:
      "Du är den Allvetande, den Allvise."
      "You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."
    • 2005, Gustaf Fröding, edited by Eva Jonsson, Dikter från hospitalet‎[3], Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 12 May 2025, page 208:
      »Jag såg den Oändliga[,] allvetande och allsmäktiga Guden på ryggen, då [...] han gick fram, och jag hisnade!»
      "I saw the Infinite, all-knowing and all-powerful God from behind as he went away, and I grew dizzy!"

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