våldsam

Swedish

Etymology

From våld +‎ -sam (compare Norwegian Bokmål voldsom).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

våldsam (comparative våldsammare, superlative våldsammast)

  1. violent (involving extreme force or motion)

Declension

Inflection of våldsam
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular våldsam våldsammare våldsammast
neuter singular våldsamt våldsammare våldsammast
plural våldsamma våldsammare våldsammast
masculine plural2 våldsamme våldsammare våldsammast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 våldsamme våldsammare våldsammaste
all våldsamma våldsammare våldsammaste

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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