ungmö
Swedish
Etymology
ung (“young”) + mö (“maiden”)
Noun
ungmö c
- a woman who has never been married, especially one no longer (all that) young; a spinster
- Synonym: singel
- (dated or poetic) a young woman (without sexual experience), a damsel
Usage notes
Only the first declension appears in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), but the second one is fairly common due to being intuitive.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ungmö | ungmös |
| definite | ungmön | ungmöns | |
| plural | indefinite | ungmör | ungmörs |
| definite | ungmörna | ungmörnas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ungmö | ungmös |
| definite | ungmön | ungmöns | |
| plural | indefinite | ungmöer | ungmöers |
| definite | ungmöerna | ungmöernas |