sömnlös

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Swedish

Etymology

sömn +‎ -lös first observed in 1635. A noun sömnlösa (“sleeplessness”) was first used in 1623. The more common noun sömnlöshet (“sleeplessness”) was first used in 1681.

Adjective

sömnlös

  1. sleepless, lacking sleep, unable to fall asleep (of a night or a person)

Declension

Inflection of sömnlös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sömnlös sömnlösare sömnlösast
neuter singular sömnlöst sömnlösare sömnlösast
plural sömnlösa sömnlösare sömnlösast
masculine plural2 sömnlöse sömnlösare sömnlösast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sömnlöse sömnlösare sömnlösaste
all sömnlösa sömnlösare sömnlösaste

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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