vedertagen

Swedish

Etymology

veder- +‎ tagen. Originally the past participle of Old Swedish taka vidher (“receive; accept”). Compare mottagen, from ta emot (“receive”).

Adjective

vedertagen (not comparable)

  1. prevalent, conventional (generally accepted as correct or appropriate)
    Synonym: gängse

Declension

Inflection of vedertagen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vedertagen — —
neuter singular vedertaget — —
plural vedertagna — —
masculine plural2 vedertagne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vedertagne — —
all vedertagna — —

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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