suverän

See also: suveran

Swedish

Etymology

From French souverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super (“above”). Cognate of English sovereign, Italian soprano.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

suverän (comparative suveränare, superlative suveränast)

1. sovereign, authoritarian, autocratic
2. sovereign, supreme, superior, excellent, brilliant

Declension

Inflection of suverän

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	suverän	suveränare	suveränast
neuter singular	suveränt	suveränare	suveränast
plural	suveräna	suveränare	suveränast
masculine plural2	suveräne	suveränare	suveränast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	suveräne	suveränare	suveränaste
all	suveräna	suveränare	suveränaste

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

• suveränitet

Noun

suverän c

1. a sovereign, a monarch, a supreme ruler, an autocrat

Declension

Declension of suverän

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	suverän	suveräns
	definite	suveränen	suveränens
plural	indefinite	suveräner	suveräners
	definite	suveränerna	suveränernas

References

• suverän in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• suverän in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• suverän in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• suverän in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)