fri (“free”) + sinnad (“minded”), used since 1832. Based on the German freisinnig, the Swedish word frisinnig was first used in 1824, but soon competing with the versions frisinnad (1832) and frisint (1840).
frisinnad (comparative mer frisinnad, superlative mest frisinnad)
| Inflection of frisinnad | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | frisinnad | — | — |
| Neuter singular | frisinnat | — | — |
| Plural | frisinnade | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | frisinnade | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | frisinnade | — | — |
| All | frisinnade | — | — |
| 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 | |||