vaksam

Swedish

Etymology

vaka +‎ -sam. Cognate of English wakesome, German wachsam, Dutch waakzaam, Norwegian Bokmål vaktsom.

Adjective

vaksam (comparative vaksammare, superlative vaksammast)

1. vigilant, watchful

   Håll ett vaksamt öga på honom

   Keep a watchful eye on him

Declension

Inflection of vaksam
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vaksam	vaksammare	vaksammast
Neuter singular	vaksamt	vaksammare	vaksammast
Plural	vaksamma	vaksammare	vaksammast
Masculine plural3	vaksamme	vaksammare	vaksammast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vaksamme	vaksammare	vaksammaste
All	vaksamma	vaksammare	vaksammaste
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

• vaksamhet

References

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