vågsam

Swedish

Etymology

From våga +‎ -sam. Compare English daresome.

Adjective

vågsam (comparative vågsammare, superlative vågsammast)

1. (rare) bold, daring, risky

Declension

Inflection of vågsam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vågsam	vågsammare	vågsammast
Neuter singular	vågsamt	vågsammare	vågsammast
Plural	vågsamma	vågsammare	vågsammast
Masculine plural3	vågsamme	vågsammare	vågsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vågsamme	vågsammare	vågsammaste
All	vågsamma	vågsammare	vågsammaste
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

• vågsamhet

Further reading

• vågsam in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker