förälskad
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From för- (“en-”) + älskad (“loved”). 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) [with i]
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 | |||