lugn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish lugn or lygn (“calm lake surface”), from Old Norse lygn. Compare Norwegian logn (“calm (without wind)”), and Icelandic lón (“calm water”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɵŋn/
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Adjective

lugn (comparative lugnare, superlative lugnast)

  1. tranquil, calm

Declension
Inflection of lugn
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lugn lugnare lugnast
Neuter singular lugnt lugnare lugnast
Plural lugna lugnare lugnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lugne lugnare lugnaste
All lugna lugnare lugnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Noun

lugn n

  1. calmness
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