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Latin
Participle
levande
- vocative masculine singular of levandus
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
present participle of leva
Adjective
levande (singular and plural levande, comparative meir levande, superlative mest levande)
- alive
- live
- vivid
Han fortel på ein levande måte.- He tells the story in a very vivid way.
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Verb
levande
- present participle of leva
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Swedish
Pronunciation
Participle
levande
- present participle of leva
Adjective
levande
- living, live (not dead)
Han är död, så han lever inte längre, och är inte en levande person- He's dead, so he's no longer alive, and is not a living person
frakta levande djur- ship live animals
ett levande språk- a living language
- (figuratively) living, walking (of something ordinarily dead)
ett levande lexikon- a walking encyclopedia
- vibrant, vivid, lively (reminiscent of life)
levande färger- vivid colors
ett levande intresse- a lively interest
- (of a candle) lit, burning (sometimes also as opposed to electric)
levande ljus- burning candles
Declension
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Superlative
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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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