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världsvan

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From värld (world) +‎ -s- +‎ van (accustomed).

Adjective

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världsvan (comparative världsvanare, superlative världsvanast)

  1. experienced and sophisticated (through having traveled widely); cosmopolitan, worldly-wise

Declension

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Inflection of världsvan
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular världsvan världsvanare världsvanast
neuter singular världsvant världsvanare världsvanast
plural världsvana världsvanare världsvanast
masculine plural2 världsvane världsvanare världsvanast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 världsvane världsvanare världsvanaste
all världsvana världsvanare världsvanaste

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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