strävsam

Swedish

Etymology

sträva (“strive”) +‎ -sam (“-some”)

Adjective

strävsam (not comparable)

  1. hard-working (of a person)
  2. taxing, laborious (of work)

Declension

Inflection of strävsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular strävsam strävsammare strävsammast
neuter singular strävsamt strävsammare strävsammast
plural strävsamma strävsammare strävsammast
masculine plural2 strävsamme strävsammare strävsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 strävsamme strävsammare strävsammaste
all strävsamma strävsammare strävsammaste

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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