förtjänt
Swedish
    
    Adjective
    
förtjänt (not comparable)
- deserving (usually of something positive, sometimes of something negative)
- göra sig förtjänt av något- make oneself deserving of something / earn something
 
 
Declension
    
| Inflection of förtjänt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 | 
| Common singular | förtjänt | — | — | 
| Neuter singular | förtjänt | — | — | 
| Plural | förtjänta | — | — | 
| Masculine plural3 | förtjänte | — | — | 
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative | 
| Masculine singular1 | förtjänte | — | — | 
| All | förtjänta | — | — | 
| 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
    
- välförtjänt (“well-deserved”)
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