förälskad
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom för- (“for-”) + älska (“to love”). Cognate with Danish forelsket, Norwegian Bokmål forelsket, forelska and Norwegian Nynorsk forelska. See also German verliebt and Dutch verliefd.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editförälskad
Adjective
editförälskad (comparative mer förälskad, superlative mest förälskad) [with i]
Usage notes
edit- Note that in Swedish, one is in love “in” someone rather than “with” someone.
- The comparative and superlative forms are only possible when the term is treated as a true adjective, not when used as a past participle proper.
Declension
edit| Inflection of förälskad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | förälskad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | förälskat | — | — |
| Plural | förälskade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | förälskade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | förälskade | — | — |
| All | förälskade | — | — |
| 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 | |||