hovsam

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Swedish

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Adjective

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hovsam (comparative hovsammare, superlative hovsammast)

  1. moderate and considerate; tactful, polite
    hovsam kritik
    polite criticism

Declension

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Inflection of hovsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hovsam hovsammare hovsammast
Neuter singular hovsamt hovsammare hovsammast
Plural hovsamma hovsammare hovsammast
Masculine plural3 hovsamme hovsammare hovsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hovsamme hovsammare hovsammaste
All hovsamma hovsammare hovsammaste
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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