självständig

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Swedish

Etymology

From själv (“self”) +‎ stånd (“stand”) +‎ -ig (“-y”), similar to German selbständig. The Swedish/German verb stå/stehen (“to stand”) is the basis for the noun stånd/Stand (“standing”), which can mean both upright standing (without support) and still standing (without movement or change). The still-standing meaning with umlaut and the -ig ending forms the adjective ständig/ständig (“permanent”). But in självständig/selbständig, the same transformation is based on the upright-standing meaning.

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Adjective

självständig

  1. independent (of a person or the like)
    Hon har blivit mer självständig
    She has become more independent
    arbeta självständigt
    work independently
  2. independent (of a country, agency, or the like)
    en självständig stat
    an independent state

Declension

Inflection of självständig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular självständig självständigare självständigast
neuter singular självständigt självständigare självständigast
plural självständiga självständigare självständigast
masculine plural2 självständige självständigare självständigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 självständige självständigare självständigaste
all självständiga självständigare självständigaste

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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