From Old Norse sjaldan (“seldom”), Proto-Germanic *seldanē, cognate with English seldom, German selten (“rare, rarely”).
sjælden (neuter sjældent, plural and definite singular attributive sjældne)
positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | sjælden | sjældnere | sjældnest2 |
indefinite neuter singular | sjældent | sjældnere | sjældnest2 |
plural | sjældne | sjældnere | sjældnest2 |
definite attributive1 | sjældne | sjældnere | sjældneste |
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.
sjælden (also sjældent, comparative sjældnere, superlative sjældnest)