suverän

See also: suveran

Swedish

Etymology

From French souverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super (“above”). Cognate of English sovereign, Italian soprano.

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Adjective

suverän (comparative suveränare, superlative suveränast)

  1. sovereign, authoritarian, autocratic
  2. sovereign, supreme, superior, excellent, brilliant

Declension
Inflection of suverän
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular suverän suveränare suveränast
Neuter singular suveränt suveränare suveränast
Plural suveräna suveränare suveränast
Masculine plural3 suveräne suveränare suveränast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 suveräne suveränare suveränaste
All suveräna suveränare suveränaste
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

Derived terms

Noun

suverän c

  1. a sovereign, a monarch, a supreme ruler, an autocrat

Declension
Declension of suverän 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative suverän suveränen suveräner suveränerna
Genitive suveräns suveränens suveräners suveränernas

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