hederlig

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hēþerliker, equivalent to heder + -lig

Pronunciation

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Adjective

hederlig (comparative hederligare, superlative hederligast)

  1. honest, honorable, not corrupt
  2. traditional and valued, good
    När datorerna lade av, fick vi ta till gamla hederliga skrivmaskiner
    When the computers went down, we had to resort to good ("honest") old-fashioned typewriters

Usage notes

reliable

Often used in the constructions gammal hederlig ("good old-fashioned") or vanlig, hederlig ("ordinary, reliable") if one wants to stress that it has been used, and tried, for a long time or by a lot of people, respectively.

Declension

Inflection of hederlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hederlig hederligare hederligast
neuter singular hederligt hederligare hederligast
plural hederliga hederligare hederligast
masculine plural2 hederlige hederligare hederligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hederlige hederligare hederligaste
all hederliga hederligare hederligaste

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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