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trolovad

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Swedish

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Participle

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trolovad

  1. past participle of trolova

Adjective

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trolovad (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly historical or ironic) engaged to be married (historically through a legally binding agreement); betrothed
    Hon är trolovad med Bengt
    She's betrothed to Bengt

Declension

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Inflection of trolovad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular trolovad
neuter singular trolovat
plural trolovade
masculine plural2 trolovade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 trolovade
all trolovade

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.

Noun

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trolovad c

  1. (nominalized, chiefly historical or ironic) someone engaged to be married (historically through a legally binding agreement); a betrothed
    Synonym: (more modern) förlovad
    Bengt är hennes trolovadeBengt is her betrothed
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References

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