underförstådd
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
past participle of underförstå (uncommon) – literally, "under-understood"
Adjective edit
underförstådd (not comparable)
- implied, implicit, tacit ((expected to be) understood (or agreed upon or the like) without being explicitly stated)
- Jag trodde det var underförstått att det här skulle stanna mellan oss
- I thought it was implicit that this would stay between the two of us
- en retorisk fråga där det underförstådda svaret är nej
- a rhetorical question where the implied answer is no
- Även jag mottog hot, underförstått att jag visste vad min vän sysslat med
- I also received threats, implying ("(with it being) implicit" – common construction) that I knew what my friend had been up to
Declension edit
| Inflection of underförstådd | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | underförstådd | — | — |
| Neuter singular | underförstått | — | — |
| Plural | underförstådda | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | underförstådde | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | underförstådde | — | — |
| All | underförstådda | — | — |
| 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 | |||