underförstådd
Swedish
editEtymology
editpast participle of underförstå (uncommon) – literally, "under-understood"
Adjective
editunderförstådd (not comparable)
- implied, implicit, tacit ((expected to be) understood (or agreed upon or the like) without being explicitly stated)
- Jag trodde det var underförstått att det här skulle stanna mellan oss
- I thought it was implicit that this would stay between the two of us
- en retorisk fråga där det underförstådda svaret är nej
- a rhetorical question where the implied answer is no
- Även jag mottog hot, underförstått att jag visste vad min vän sysslat med
- I also received threats, implying ("(with it being) implicit" – common construction) that I knew what my friend had been up to
Declension
editInflection of underförstådd | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | underförstådd | — | — |
Neuter singular | underförstått | — | — |
Plural | underförstådda | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | underförstådde | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | underförstådde | — | — |
All | underförstådda | — | — |
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 |