oskyldig
Swedish
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Adjective
editoskyldig
- innocent (not guilty)
- Det är inte Nisse som är yxmördaren. Han är oskyldig.
- Nisse is not the axe murderer. He is innocent.
- bli oskyldigt dömd
- be wrongly convicted
- innocent (harmless)
- ett oskyldigt misstag
- an innocent mistake
- innocent (free from immorality or sin)
- Vi kallar vår hamster Huliganen, för han är inte så oskyldig som han ser ut
- We call our hamster Hooligan, because he's not as innocent as he looks
- När vi gick igenom mormors gamla bilder insåg vi att hon nog inte alltid varit så oskyldig som hon verkade
- When we went through grandma's old photos, we realized she probably hadn't always been as innocent as she seemed
- det oskyldigaste lilla barn
- the most innocent little child
Declension
edit| Inflection of oskyldig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | oskyldig | oskyldigare | oskyldigast |
| Neuter singular | oskyldigt | oskyldigare | oskyldigast |
| Plural | oskyldiga | oskyldigare | oskyldigast |
| Masculine plural3 | oskyldige | oskyldigare | oskyldigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | oskyldige | oskyldigare | oskyldigaste |
| All | oskyldiga | oskyldigare | oskyldigaste |
| 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 | |||
See also
edit- oskuldsfull ("innocent" as in free from immorality (and sometimes naive))