sannfärdig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish sanfärdogher. By surface analysis, sann +‎ färdig. Cognate of Danish sandfærdig, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sannferdig.

Adjective

sannfärdig (comparative sannfärdigare, superlative sannfärdigast)

1. veracious

Declension

Inflection of sannfärdig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sannfärdig	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigast
Neuter singular	sannfärdigt	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigast
Plural	sannfärdiga	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigast
Masculine plural3	sannfärdige	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sannfärdige	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigaste
All	sannfärdiga	sannfärdigare	sannfärdigaste
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

Further reading

• sannfärdig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• sann in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)