hållbar

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Swedish

Etymology

hålla (“hold”) +‎ -bar (“-able”)

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: håll‧bar

Adjective

hållbar (comparative hållbarare, superlative hållbarast)

  1. durable (not prone to breaking)
    hållbara leksaker
    durable toys
  3. long-lasting, long-life (of something that spoils or the like with time)
  4. sustainable
    hållbar utveckling
    sustainable development

Usage notes

Often expressed as "med lång hållbarhet (“shelf life”)" instead in (sense 2). "Hållbar mjölk" is likely to be read as "sustainable milk."

Declension

Inflection of hållbar
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hållbar hållbarare hållbarast
neuter singular hållbart hållbarare hållbarast
plural hållbara hållbarare hållbarast
masculine plural2 hållbare hållbarare hållbarast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hållbare hållbarare hållbaraste
all hållbara hållbarare hållbaraste

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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References

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