osynlig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish osynliker or o- (“un-”) +‎ synlig (“visible”)

Adjective

osynlig (comparative osynligare, superlative osynligast)

1. invisible, unseen
   • 2005 December 15, “Miljoner barn i nöd osynliga”, in Swedish Wikinews‎^[1]:

     I sin årsrapport meddelar Unicef att miljoner barn som är utsatta för svår diskriminering och utnyttjas, är osynliga i statistiken.

     In its annual report, UNICEF informs that millions of children who are subject to severe discrimination and abuse, are invisible in the statistics.

Declension

Inflection of osynlig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	osynlig	osynligare	osynligast
Neuter singular	osynligt	osynligare	osynligast
Plural	osynliga	osynligare	osynligast
Masculine plural3	osynlige	osynligare	osynligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	osynlige	osynligare	osynligaste
All	osynliga	osynligare	osynligaste
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

Antonyms

• synlig

Related terms

• osynliggjord
• osynliggöra
• osynlighet

References

• osynlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)