Adjective: dum
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
dumme
All Other Forms
dumma
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | dummare |
| Definite | dummare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | dummast |
| Definite | dummaste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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Du är inte så dum som du ser ut (You're not as stupid as you look)
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Dumt att den inte levereras förrän imorgon. Det kommer ställa till med problem. (It's a shame that it won't be delivered until tomorrow. It's going to cause trouble.)
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En kopp kaffe vore inte dumt (A cup of coffee would be nice (wouldn't be bad))
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Han var dum mot mig! (He was mean to me!)
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Mamma sa till Olle att sluta vara dum (Mom told Olle to stop being naughty)
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Jag borde inte sagt elaka saker till honom. Det var dumt gjort. (I shouldn't have said mean things to him. It was a stupid thing to do. (not childish – leans more towards morally bad, like in English))
Adjectives inflected like dum
blygsam,
eftertänksam,
sedesam,
hjälpsam,
brydsam,
följsam,
misskötsam,
missunnsam,
företagsam,
plågsam,
förbehållsam,
smeksam,
betänksam,
slitsam,
smittsam,
skötsam,
skonsam,
beslutsam,
oförbehållsam,
bullersam, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Swedish dumber, from Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. Compare Norwegian dumb, Danish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Dutch dom and German dumm. See: English Adjectives '
dumb', Dutch Adjectives '
dom', German Adjectives '
dumm'.
Verbs referencing "dum"
English Adjectives
dumb.
Translations