strävsam

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Swedish

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Etymology

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sträva (strive) +‎ -sam (-some)

Adjective

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strävsam (not comparable)

  1. hard-working (of a person)
  2. taxing, laborious (of work)

Declension

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Inflection of strävsam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular strävsam strävsammare strävsammast
Neuter singular strävsamt strävsammare strävsammast
Plural strävsamma strävsammare strävsammast
Masculine plural3 strävsamme strävsammare strävsammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 strävsamme strävsammare strävsammaste
All strävsamma strävsammare strävsammaste
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

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