världsvan
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From värld (“world”) + -s- + van (“accustomed”).
Adjective edit
världsvan (comparative världsvanare, superlative världsvanast)
- experienced and sophisticated (through having traveled widely); cosmopolitan, worldly-wise
Declension edit
| Inflection of världsvan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | världsvan | världsvanare | världsvanast |
| Neuter singular | världsvant | världsvanare | världsvanast |
| Plural | världsvana | världsvanare | världsvanast |
| Masculine plural3 | världsvane | världsvanare | världsvanast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | världsvane | världsvanare | världsvanaste |
| All | världsvana | världsvanare | världsvanaste |
| 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 | |||