suverän

See also: suveran

Swedish

Etymology

From French souverain, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super (“above”). Cognate of English sovereign, Italian soprano.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

suverän (comparative suveränare, superlative suveränast)

1. sovereign, authoritarian, autocratic
2. sovereign, supreme, superior, excellent, brilliant

Declension

Inflection of suverän
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	suverän	suveränare	suveränast
Neuter singular	suveränt	suveränare	suveränast
Plural	suveräna	suveränare	suveränast
Masculine plural3	suveräne	suveränare	suveränast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	suveräne	suveränare	suveränaste
All	suveräna	suveränare	suveränaste
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

Derived terms

• suveränitet

Noun

suverän c

1. a sovereign, a monarch, a supreme ruler, an autocrat

Declension

Declension of suverän
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	suverän	suveränen	suveräner	suveränerna
Genitive	suveräns	suveränens	suveräners	suveränernas

References

• suverän in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• suverän in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• suverän in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• suverän in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)