hörsam

Swedish

Etymology

From höra (“hear”) +‎ -sam (“-some”). Compare English hearsome.

Adjective

hörsam (comparative hörsammare, superlative hörsammast)

1. (rare) obedient

Declension

Inflection of hörsam

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hörsam	hörsammare	hörsammast
neuter singular	hörsamt	hörsammare	hörsammast
plural	hörsamma	hörsammare	hörsammast
masculine plural2	hörsamme	hörsammare	hörsammast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hörsamme	hörsammare	hörsammaste
all	hörsamma	hörsammare	hörsammaste

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.

Derived terms

• hörsamhet c

References

• hörsam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hörsam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)