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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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Adjective edit

våldsam (comparative våldsammare, superlative våldsammast)

  1. violent (involving extreme force or motion)

Declension edit

Inflection of våldsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular våldsam våldsammare våldsammast
Neuter singular våldsamt våldsammare våldsammast
Plural våldsamma våldsammare våldsammast
Masculine plural3 våldsamme våldsammare våldsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 våldsamme våldsammare våldsammaste
All våldsamma våldsammare våldsammaste
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

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