förälskad
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From för- (“for-”) + älska (“to love”). Cognate with Danish forelsket, Norwegian Bokmål forelsket, forelska and Norwegian Nynorsk forelska. See also German verliebt and Dutch verliefd.
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
förälskad
Adjective[edit]
förälskad (comparative mer förälskad, superlative mest förälskad) [+ i (object)]
Usage notes[edit]
- Note that in Swedish, one is in love “in” someone rather than “with” someone.
- The comparative and superlative forms are only possible when the term is treated as a true adjective, not when used as a past participle proper.
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of förälskad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | förälskad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | förälskat | — | — |
| Plural | förälskade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | förälskade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | förälskade | — | — |
| All | förälskade | — | — |
| 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 | |||