vedertagen
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
veder- + tagen. Originally the past participle of Old Swedish taka vidher (“receive; accept”). Compare mottagen, from ta emot (“receive”).
Adjective edit
vedertagen (not comparable)
- prevalent, conventional (generally accepted as correct or appropriate)
- Synonym: gängse
Declension edit
| Inflection of vedertagen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vedertagen | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vedertaget | — | — |
| Plural | vedertagna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vedertagne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vedertagne | — | — |
| All | vedertagna | — | — |
| 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 | |||