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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse vinstri, Proto-Germanic *winistraz.
Pronunciation
Adjective
vänster
- left (on the left-hand side)
- gå genom vänster dörr, genom vänstra dörren
- walk through the left door
- (politics) left-wing; left
Declension
| Inflection of vänster
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| Indefinite
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Superlative2
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| Common singular
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vänster
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| Neuter singular
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vänster
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| Plural
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vänstra
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| Masculine plural3
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vänstre
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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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vänstre
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| All
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vänstra
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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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Antonyms
Noun
vänster c
- the left side
- (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties
- (sports) A player on the left side of the field in sports like soccer or hockey
- (in the expression "på något vänster") way (colloquial alteration of "på något sätt")
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