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Swedish
Etymology
past participle of underförstå (uncommon) – literally, "under-understood"
Adjective
underförstådd (not comparable)
- implied, implicit, tacit ((expected to be) understood (or agreed upon or the like) without being explicitly stated)
Jag trodde det var underförstått att det här skulle stanna mellan oss- I thought it was implicit that this would stay between the two of us
en retorisk fråga där det underförstådda svaret är nej- a rhetorical question where the implied answer is no
Även jag mottog hot, underförstått att jag visste vad min vän sysslat med- I also received threats, implying ("(with it being) implicit" – common construction) that I knew what my friend had been up to
Declension
| Inflection of underförstådd
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| Indefinite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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underförstådd
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| Neuter singular
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underförstått
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| Plural
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underförstådda
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| Masculine plural3
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underförstådde
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| Definite
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Positive
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Comparative
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Superlative
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| Masculine singular1
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underförstådde
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| All
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underförstådda
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1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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