söt
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sot"
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish söter, from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus. Compare English sweet, German süß.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /søːt/
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Adjective
söt
- sweet (of the taste of sugar)
- Jag tror jag hade i lite för mycket socker. Den blev extremt söt.
- I think I added a bit too much sugar. It turned out extremely sweet.
- sötsur sås
- sweet-and-sour sauce
- cute (in appearance)
- Synonym: (more towards "cute and sweet," like an animal, child, or the like) gullig
- Hon är så söt
- She is so cute
- en söt ankunge
- a cute duckling
- ett sött leende
- a cute smile
- söta små blommor
- cute little flowers
- cute, sweet (of behavior or an act or the like)
- Synonym: gullig
- (of water) fresh (not salty)
- sötvatten
- fresh water
Declension
| Inflection of söt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | söt | sötare | sötast |
| Neuter singular | sött | sötare | sötast |
| Plural | söta | sötare | sötast |
| Masculine plural3 | söte | sötare | sötast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | söte | sötare | sötaste |
| All | söta | sötare | sötaste |
| 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 | |||
References
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