skötsam

Swedish

Etymology

sköta +‎ -sam

Adjective

skötsam (comparative skötsammare, superlative skötsammast)

  1. well-behaved, conscientious

Declension

Inflection of skötsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular skötsam skötsammare skötsammast
neuter singular skötsamt skötsammare skötsammast
plural skötsamma skötsammare skötsammast
masculine plural2 skötsamme skötsammare skötsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 skötsamme skötsammare skötsammaste
all skötsamma skötsammare skötsammaste

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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