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Swedish
Participle
förgången
- past participle of förgå
Adjective
förgången (not comparable)
- bygone
en förgången tid- a bygone time
- (nominalized) past
minnen ur det förgångna- memories from bygone times
Usage notes
Has a more solemn tone compared to förflutna, similar to "bygone times" vs. "the past." It's fairly subtle though. Synonyms otherwise.
Declension
Inflection of förgången
| Indefinite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative1
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| common singular
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förgången
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—
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| neuter singular
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förgånget
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—
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—
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| plural
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förgångna
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—
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| masculine plural2
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förgångne
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—
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—
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| Definite
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positive
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comparative
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superlative
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| masculine singular3
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förgångne
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—
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—
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| all
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förgångna
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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.
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