suverän

See also: suveran

Swedish

Etymology

From French souverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super (“above”). Cognate of English sovereign, Italian soprano.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

suverän (comparative suveränare, superlative suveränast)

  1. sovereign, authoritarian, autocratic
  2. sovereign, supreme, superior, excellent, brilliant

Declension

Inflection of suverän
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular suverän suveränare suveränast
neuter singular suveränt suveränare suveränast
plural suveräna suveränare suveränast
masculine plural2 suveräne suveränare suveränast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 suveräne suveränare suveränaste
all suveräna suveränare suveränaste

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.

Derived terms

Noun

suverän c

  1. a sovereign, a monarch, a supreme ruler, an autocrat

Declension

Declension of suverän
nominative genitive
singular indefinite suverän suveräns
definite suveränen suveränens
plural indefinite suveräner suveräners
definite suveränerna suveränernas

References

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