gästvänlig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
gäst (“guest”) + vänlig (“friendly, kind”)
Adjective edit
gästvänlig (not comparable)
- hospitable (of a person)
- Synonym: gästfri
- hospitable (of a place)
Usage notes edit
SO appears to not include the person sense (or only include it very vaguely), perhaps from wanting to separate gästvänlig from the less common gästfri. The 1929 SAOB entry only gives the person sense. "Han är gästvänlig" has four times as many hits on Google compared to "Han är gästfri" as of writing.
Declension edit
| Inflection of gästvänlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | gästvänlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | gästvänligt | — | — |
| Plural | gästvänliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | gästvänlige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | gästvänlige | — | — |
| All | gästvänliga | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Antonyms edit
See also edit
- inbjudande (“inviting”)
- välkomnande (“welcoming”)
References edit
- gästvänlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gästvänlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gästvänlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gästvänlig in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)