hederlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish hēþerliker, equivalent to heder + -lig

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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hederlig (comparative hederligare, superlative hederligast)

  1. honest, honorable, not corrupt
  2. traditional and valued, good
    När datorerna lade av, fick vi ta till gamla hederliga skrivmaskiner
    When the computers went down, we had to resort to good ("honest") old-fashioned typewriters

Usage notes

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reliable

Often used in the constructions gammal hederlig ("good old-fashioned") or vanlig, hederlig ("ordinary, reliable") if one wants to stress that it has been used, and tried, for a long time or by a lot of people, respectively.

Declension

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Inflection of hederlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hederlig hederligare hederligast
Neuter singular hederligt hederligare hederligast
Plural hederliga hederligare hederligast
Masculine plural3 hederlige hederligare hederligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hederlige hederligare hederligaste
All hederliga hederligare hederligaste
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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