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Swedish
Etymology
o- + skyldig
Pronunciation
Adjective
oskyldig
- innocent (not guilty)
Det är inte Nisse som är yxmördaren. Han är oskyldig.- Nisse is not the axe murderer. He is innocent.
bli oskyldigt dömd- be wrongly convicted
- innocent (harmless)
ett oskyldigt misstag- an innocent mistake
- innocent (free from immorality or sin)
Vi kallar vår hamster Huliganen, för han är inte så oskyldig som han ser ut- We call our hamster Hooligan, because he's not as innocent as he looks
När vi gick igenom mormors gamla bilder insåg vi att hon nog inte alltid varit så oskyldig som hon verkade- When we went through grandma's old photos, we realized she probably hadn't always been as innocent as she seemed
det oskyldigaste lilla barn- the most innocent little child
Declension
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.
See also
- oskuldsfull ("innocent" as in free from immorality (and sometimes naive))
References