osvensk

Swedish

Etymology

o- +‎ svensk

Adjective

osvensk (comparative mer osvensk, superlative mest osvensk)

  1. un-Swedish, not Swedish
  2. uninhibited, spontaneous, exotic, behaving in a manner that is considered uncommon among typical Swedes
    "Jag har rätt och du har fel!" Ha ha, Hans Rosling är så härligt osvensk.
    "I am right and you are wrong!" Ha ha, Hans Rosling is so endearingly un-Swedish.

Usage notes

Often used appreciatively of behavior that is contrary to stereotypes of Swedes as being reserved or overly modest.

Declension

Inflection of osvensk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular osvensk mer osvensk mest osvensk
Neuter singular osvenskt mer osvenskt mest osvenskt
Plural osvenska mer osvenska mest osvenska
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 osvenske mer osvenske mest osvenske
All osvenska mer osvenska mest osvenska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

osvensk c

  1. (archaic) a non-Swede, a person not from Sweden

Declension

Declension of osvensk 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative osvensk osvensken osvenskar osvenskarna
Genitive osvensks osvenskens osvenskars osvenskarnas

Synonyms

  • icke-svensk
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