samvetsöm

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of samvete +‎ -s- +‎ öm.

Adjective

samvetsöm (comparative mer samvetsöm, superlative mest samvetsöm)

  1. scrupulous, conscientious
  2. (nominalized) conscientious objector

Declension

Inflection of samvetsöm
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular samvetsöm mer samvetsöm mest samvetsöm
neuter singular samvetsömt mer samvetsömt mest samvetsömt
plural samvetsömma mer samvetsömma mest samvetsömma
masculine plural2 samvetsömme mer samvetsömma mest samvetsömma
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 samvetsömme mer samvetsömme mest samvetsömme
all samvetsömma mer samvetsömma mest samvetsömma

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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