vänster
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vinstri, Proto-Germanic *winistraz.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
vänster
- left (on the left-hand side)
- gå genom vänster dörr, genom vänstra dörren
- walk through the left door
- gå genom vänster dörr, genom vänstra dörren
- (politics) left-wing; left
Declension edit
| Inflection of vänster | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vänster | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vänster | — | — |
| Plural | vänstra | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | vänstre | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vänstre | — | — |
| All | vänstra | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Antonyms edit
Noun edit
vänster c
- the left side
- (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties
- (sports) A player on the left side of the field in sports like soccer or hockey
- (in the expression "på något vänster") way (colloquial alteration of "på något sätt")
Declension edit
| Declension of vänster | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | vänster | vänstern | vänstrar | vänstrarna |
| Genitive | vänsters | vänsterns | vänstrars | vänstrarnas |
Antonyms edit
- (right) höger
Further reading edit
- vänster in Svensk ordbok.