glad – Swedish adjective declension

Swedish adjective forms of glad

Adjective: glad

Hyphenation:

Indefinite Forms

Singular

Neuterglatt

Plural

glada

Definite Forms

Singular Masculine

glade

All Other Forms

glada

Comparison Forms

Comparative

Indefinitegladare
Definitegladare

Superlative

Indefinitegladast
Definitegladaste

Perifrastic Comparison Forms

Sample Sentences

  • vara på glatt humör (be in a happy mood)
  • en glad nyhet (a piece of happy news)
  • glad och ledsen (happy and sad)
  • Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa den gulliga kaninen och fick en stor glass. (I was [became] happy when I got to pet the cute rabbit and got a big ice cream.)
  • De blev glada när laget de hejade på vann. (They were [became] happy when the team they were rooting for won.)
  • Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). Du kan också glädja andra som på denna jorden vandra [old present tense plural, usually vandrar]. Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). (Clap your hands ["the hands" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting nouns in the definite] when you are really happy (clap clap). Clap your hands when you are really happy (clap clap). You can also make others happy who wander [upon] this earth [You can also make-happy / gladden others who upon this earth wander]. Clap your hands when you are really happy (clap clap).) [(Can we date this quote?), “Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad [Clap Your Hands When You Are Really Happy [If You're Happy and You Know It]]”performed by Mora Träsk:]
  • vara glad i kvinnor / sprit (be fond of women / alcohol [liquor])
  • Jag är glad i dig (I am fond of you [implies romantically])

Adjectives inflected like glad

självgod, pratglad, skjutglad, färgglad, oblid, timid, död, led, röd, vid, strid, spröd, solid, fartglad, glad, blid, bred, bråd, vred, späd, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”).

Verbs referencing "glad"

English Adjectives glad.

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