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godtrogen

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Swedish

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Etymology

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god +‎ trogen. Compare German gutgläubig and Norwegian Nynorsk godtruen.

Adjective

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godtrogen (comparative mer godtrogen, superlative mest godtrogen)

  1. inclined to trust others, more than is wise given how trustworthy people are, due to naivety, an (overly) optimistic outlook, or the like; credulous, gullible, trusting, naive
    Jag blev lurad av en säljare på Blocket igen. Jag är lite för godtrogen.
    I was tricked by a seller on Blocket again. I'm a bit too gullible / trusting [tend to be a bit too trusting of people].
    Jag är hellre godtrogen än misstänksam
    I would rather be naively trusting than suspicious
    Visst kan jag vara godtrogen, men egentligen är det ju samhället det är fel på
    Sure I can be naive when it comes to people, but it's really society that is at fault, you know

Declension

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Inflection of godtrogen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular godtrogen
neuter singular godtroget
plural godtrogna
masculine plural2 godtrogne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 godtrogne
all godtrogna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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