vördsam

Swedish

Etymology

vörda +‎ -sam

Adjective

vördsam (comparative vördsammare, superlative vördsammast)

1. respectful

Declension

Inflection of vördsam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vördsam	vördsammare	vördsammast
Neuter singular	vördsamt	vördsammare	vördsammast
Plural	vördsamma	vördsammare	vördsammast
Masculine plural3	vördsamme	vördsammare	vördsammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vördsamme	vördsammare	vördsammaste
All	vördsamma	vördsammare	vördsammaste
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

• vördsamhet

References

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