trolovad

Swedish

Etymology

From tro (“faith”) +‎ lovad (“promised”).

Adjective

trolovad (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly historical or ironic) engaged to be married (historically through a legally binding agreement); betrothed
    Hon är trolovad med Bengt ― She's betrothed to Bengt

Declension
Inflection of trolovad
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular trolovad — —
Neuter singular trolovat — —
Plural trolovade — —
Masculine plural3 trolovade — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 trolovade — —
All trolovade — —
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

Noun

trolovad c

  1. (nominalized, chiefly historical or ironic) someone engaged to be married (historically through a legally binding agreement); a betrothed
    Bengt är hennes trolovade ― Bengt is her betrothed

Synonyms
  • trolovning

References
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