vilsen
Swedish
Etymology
Used in the 19th century by poets Tegnér, Franzén, formed from the adverb vilse (“being lost”) (used in 1588), which in turn derives from the adjective vill (“lost”) (used in Old Swedish).
Declension
| Inflection of vilsen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vilsen | — | — |
| Neuter singular | vilset | — | — |
| Plural | vilsna | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vilsne | — | — |
| All | vilsna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
Synonyms
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