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Swedish
- själf (obsolete since 1906)
- sjelf (obsolete since 1889)
Etymology
From Old Norse sjalfr, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ- (“one's own”), from *s(w)e- (“separate, apart”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
själv (neuter självt, plural själva)
- oneself, myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
- Jag gjorde det själv ― I did it myself
- Kolla dig själv i spegeln ― Look at yourself in the mirror
Usage notes
- Used as intensifier in the same way as the English reflexive pronouns myself, yourself, etc. If the subject of the sentence is also object, själv is preceded by the personal pronoun mig, dig, honom, henne, den, sig. If the subject/object is a neuter noun, use instead det självt. For plural persons, use oss/er/dem + själva.
- the form självaste is colloquial (SAOL)
Noun
själv n
- self, (one's own) personality (the essential qualities that make a person or a thing distinct from all others)
Declension
Adverb
själv (comparative mer själv, superlative mest själv)
- alone, by herself, by himself, by itself, by myself, by oneself, by yourself
- Hon var själv ― She was by herself
- Hon jobbade själv ― She worked by herself
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