sötsur

Swedish

Etymology

söt (“sweet”) +‎ sur (“sour”)

Adjective

sötsur (not comparable)

1. sweet-and-sour
2. (figuratively) both friendly and mean

Declension

Inflection of sötsur
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sötsur	—	—
Neuter singular	sötsurt	—	—
Plural	sötsura	—	—
Masculine plural3	sötsure	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sötsure	—	—
All	sötsura	—	—
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

• sötsur sås (“sweet-and-sour sauce”)

Further reading

• sötsur in Svensk ordbok.