svulten

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sultin, swultin, swoltin.

Participle

svulten

1. past participle of svälta

Adjective

svulten

1. starved

   Hästarna sågo svultna ut och gnäggade otåligt efter bete.

   The horses seemed to be emaciated and neighed constantly for want of pasture.

2. ravenous

Declension

Inflection of svulten
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	svulten	—	—
Neuter singular	svultet	—	—
Plural	svultna	—	—
Masculine plural3	svultne	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	svultne	—	—
All	svultna	—	—
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

• utsvulten (“starving”)

References

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

Anagrams

• svultne