hemlig

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hemeliker, from Old Norse heimiligr, from Middle Low German heimelik, from Proto-West Germanic *haimalīk, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home”). Compare with English homely.

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Adjective

hemlig (comparative hemligare, superlative hemligast)

  1. secret (being or kept hidden)
    Din far var en av hemliga polisens betalade drängar.
    Your father was one of the stooges of the secret police.

Declension

Inflection of hemlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hemlig hemligare hemligast
Neuter singular hemligt hemligare hemligast
Plural hemliga hemligare hemligast
Masculine plural3 hemlige hemligare hemligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hemlige hemligare hemligaste
All hemliga hemligare hemligaste
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

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