yverboren

Swedish

Etymology

Coined by Olaus Rudbeck in 1677, from Ancient Greek Ὑπερβόρεοι (Huperbóreoi). See also hyperboré and boren.

Adjective

yverboren (comparative mer yverboren, superlative mest yverboren)

1. (archaic, Gothicism) hyperborean, Nordic
2. jingoistic

Declension

Inflection of yverboren
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

Synonyms

• chauvinistisk
• storsvensk

Derived terms

• yverborenhet

References

• yverboren in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• yverboren in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• yfverboren in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1922)