undersam

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, under (“wonder”) +‎ -sam. Compare English wondersome, German wundersam.

Adjective

undersam (comparative undersammare, superlative undersammast)

1. (archaic) astounded, amazed

   Synonyms: förundrad, häpen

2. (archaic) wondering, thoughtful, pensive

   Synonym: fundersam

3. wondrous

Declension

Inflection of undersam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	undersam	undersammare	undersammast
Neuter singular	undersamt	undersammare	undersammast
Plural	undersamma	undersammare	undersammast
Masculine plural3	undersamme	undersammare	undersammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	undersamme	undersammare	undersammaste
All	undersamma	undersammare	undersammaste
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

References

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