fin – Swedish adjective declension

Swedish adjective forms of fin

Adjective: fin

Hyphenation:

Indefinite Forms

Singular

Neuterfint

Plural

fina

Definite Forms

Singular Masculine

fine

All Other Forms

fina

Comparison Forms

Comparative

Indefinitefinare
Definitefinare

Superlative

Indefinitefinast
Definitefinaste

Perifrastic Comparison Forms

Sample Sentences

  • en fin färg (a nice color)
  • en fin fågel (a pretty bird)
  • ett fint hus (a nice(-looking)/pretty house)
  • Hunden har fin päls (The dog has a nice coat)
  • fina ögon (pretty eyes)
  • en fin bebis (a pretty baby)
  • en fin melodi (a nice melody)
  • Det är fint väder idag (The weather is nice today)
  • göra en fin affär (make a good deal)
  • – Hur mår du? – Jag mår fint! (– How are you? – I'm fine/feeling good!)
  • – Hur gick det? – Det gick fint! (– How'd it go? – It went well!)
  • en fin människa (a good person)
  • En kopp kaffe skulle sitta fint (A cup of coffee would be nice ("would sit fine"))
  • Bastu satt fint efter träningen (Sauna was nice ("sat fine") after the workout)
  • en fin restaurang (a fine restaurant)
  • finskor (elegant/fancy shoes (for special occasions), like dress shoes)
  • en fin familj (a good family)
  • ha fint främmande (have distinguished visitors)
  • Han är för fin för att äta hamburgare med oss (He is too good/fancy-schmancy to eat hamburgers with us)
  • fin tråd (fine thread)
  • fin sand (fine sand)
  • finhackad lök (finely chopped onion)
  • finmalen svartpeppar (finely ground black pepper)
  • finkorning (fine-grained)
  • en fin skillnad (a subtle/fine difference)
  • Om peſtämnetsnatur aͤr man icke ſå noga underraͤttad, men ſå mycket wet man att det, jemte beroͤringsſmittan, har ett fint effluvium, som på ganska naͤra håll ſmittar aͤfwen utan omedelbart widroͤrande; […] (In regard to the nature of the pestilence, one is not so precisely informed, but it is known that, along with contact contagion, it possesses a subtle effluvium, which transmits even without immediate contact, especially at quite close range; […]) [1847 November 10, S., “Om Choleran [Concerning Cholera]”, in Wermlandstidningen, page 2:]

Adjectives inflected like fin

ordfattig, sjövärdig, syndig, synlig, urmodig, syrlig, snövit, snörik, snårig, snäsig, seriös, sedlig, snuvig, snusig, snipig, snorig, saftig, sandig, saklig, definitiv, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

Since at least the 16th century, from French fin.

Verbs referencing "fin"

Finnish Adjectives fiini.

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