allvarsam

Swedish

Etymology

allvar +‎ -sam. Cognate of Faroese álvarsamur.

Adjective

allvarsam (comparative allvarsammare, superlative allvarsammast)

1. serious (without humor or expression of happiness)

Declension

Inflection of allvarsam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	allvarsam	allvarsammare	allvarsammast
Neuter singular	allvarsamt	allvarsammare	allvarsammast
Plural	allvarsamma	allvarsammare	allvarsammast
Masculine plural3	allvarsamme	allvarsammare	allvarsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	allvarsamme	allvarsammare	allvarsammaste
All	allvarsamma	allvarsammare	allvarsammaste
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

Derived terms

• allvarsamhet

References

• allvarsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• allvarsam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• allvarsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)