verksam

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From verke or verka +‎ -sam.

Adjective

verksam (neuter verksamt, definite singular and plural verksame, comparative meir verksam, superlative mest verksam)

  1. active
  2. effective

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Swedish

Etymology

verka +‎ -sam

Pronunciation

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Adjective

verksam (comparative verksammare, superlative verksammast)

  1. active, busy, working in some area
  2. effective, being able to cause an effect

Declension

Inflection of verksam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular verksam verksammare verksammast
Neuter singular verksamt verksammare verksammast
Plural verksamma verksammare verksammast
Masculine plural3 verksamme verksammare verksammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 verksamme verksammare verksammaste
All verksamma verksammare verksammaste
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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