pursvensk

Swedish

Etymology

pur- (“very, completely”) +‎ svensk (“Swedish”)

Adjective

pursvensk (not comparable)

  1. (often somewhat ironic) purely, genuinely Swedish (ethnically, culturally, or otherwise)
    pursvenska ritualer
    pure, genuine Swedish rituals

Declension

Inflection of pursvensk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular pursvensk — —
neuter singular pursvenskt — —
plural pursvenska — —
masculine plural2 pursvenske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 pursvenske — —
all pursvenska — —

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.

Noun

pursvensk c

  1. (often somewhat ironic) a pure (ethnic) Swede (loosely)

Declension

Declension of pursvensk
nominative genitive
singular indefinite pursvensk pursvensks
definite pursvensken pursvenskens
plural indefinite pursvenskar pursvenskars
definite pursvenskarna pursvenskarnas
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