undersam

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, under (“wonder”) +‎ -sam. Compare English wondersome, German wundersam.

Adjective

undersam (comparative undersammare, superlative undersammast)

  1. (archaic) astounded, amazed
    Synonyms: förundrad, häpen
  2. (archaic) wondering, thoughtful, pensive
    Synonym: fundersam
  3. wondrous

Declension

Inflection of undersam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular undersam undersammare undersammast
neuter singular undersamt undersammare undersammast
plural undersamma undersammare undersammast
masculine plural2 undersamme undersammare undersammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 undersamme undersammare undersammaste
all undersamma undersammare undersammaste

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.

References

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