yverboren
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Olaus Rudbeck in 1677, from Ancient Greek Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi). See also hyperboré and boren.
Adjective edit
yverboren (comparative mer yverboren, superlative mest yverboren)
- (archaic, Gothicism) hyperborean, Nordic
- jingoistic
Declension edit
Inflection of yverboren | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | yverboren | mer yverboren | mest yverboren |
Neuter singular | yverboret | mer yverboret | mest yverboret |
Plural | yverborna | mer yverborna | mest yverborna |
Masculine plural3 | yverborne | mer yverborna | mest yverborna |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | yverborne | mer yverborne | mest yverborne |
All | yverborna | mer yverborna | mest yverborna |
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 |
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References edit
- yverboren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- yverboren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- yfverboren in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1922)