god – Swedish adjective declension

Swedish adjective forms of god

Adjective: god

Hyphenation:

Indefinite Forms

Singular

Neutergott

Plural

goda

Definite Forms

Singular Masculine

gode

All Other Forms

goda

Comparison Forms

Comparative

Indefinitegodare; bättre
Definitegodare; bättre

Superlative

Indefinitegodast; bäst
Definitegodaste; bästa

Perifrastic Comparison Forms

Sample Sentences

  • en god människa (a good person)
  • en god gärning (a good deed)
  • att vilja göra gott [nominalized] (to want to do good)
  • en god hustru (a good wife [could also be considered to belong to other senses])
  • Är maten god? (Is the food good? [The intuition in Swedish is closer to "tasty" than "good" – see the usage notes below])
  • Mums! Gott! (Yum! Tasty!)
  • Kebabsåsen var jättegod (The kebab sauce was really good / delicious)
  • goda nyheter (good news ["bra" is less idiomatic])
  • ett gott råd (a piece of good advice ["bra" is unidiomatic])
  • vara i god form (be in good form [currently perform well – interchangeable with "bra"])
  • en god berättare (a good story-teller ["bra" is less idiomatic])
  • en god skytt (a good shot [someone with good aim, etc. – "bra" is also common])
  • vinna med god marginal (win by a wide/good margin ["bra" is unidiomatic])
  • Det är en god bit kvar att gå (It's quite some ways left to go [interchangeable with "bra"])
  • Jag har god lust att anmäla dom (I'm quite tempted to report them ["bra" is less idiomatic])
  • De är goda vänner (They are good friends [with each other – "bra" brings the intuition closer to "both of them is a good friend"])

Adjectives inflected like god

god,

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish gōþer, from Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, to unite”).

Verbs referencing "god"

German Adjectives gut.

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