From Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, cognate with Swedish söt, English sweet, German süß, Dutch zoet. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus, which is also the source of Latin suāvis, Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús), Sanskrit स्वादुः (svādúḥ).
sød (neuter sødt, plural and definite singular attributive søde)
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | sød | sødere | sødest2 |
indefinite neuter singular | sødt | sødere | sødest2 |
plural | søde | sødere | sødest2 |
definite attributive1 | søde | sødere | sødeste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
sød c (plural indefinite sød)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
sød