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allmän

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse almennr. By surface analysis, alla +‎ män. Compare Norwegian allmenn.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈalˌmɛn/
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Adjective

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allmän (comparative allmännare, superlative allmännast)

  1. general (universal)
    Synonym: generell
    ett allmänt förbuda general ban
    en allmänt dålig idéa generally bad idea
    ett allmänt förlaga general publisher / publishing house
    Allmän panik utbrötGeneral panic broke out
    1. occurring generally; common, widespread
      Grönsiskan är allmän i södra och mellersta Sverige
      The greenfinch is common in / found throughout [occurs generally in] southern and central Sweden
  2. general (broad)
    en allmän översikta general overview
    en allmän iakttagelsea general observation
    mitt allmänna intryckmy general impression
    patientens allmäntillståndthe patient's general condition
    tala i allmänna ordalag
    speak in general terms / (sometimes) speak in generalities (be vague and nonspecific)
    allmänt ostadigt väder
    generally unsettled weather
    In a weather forecast or the like.
  3. public (common to (almost) all members of a group, usually the public)
    Antonym: (private (of private entities or individuals)) enskild
    allmänna och enskilda vägar
    public and private roads
    "Private" in the sense of "not publicly maintained."
    allmän pensionpublic pension
    allmän opinion / den allmänna opinionen
    public opinion / [the] public opinion
    begära ut allmänna handlingar
    request [out] public documents
    information med stort allmänintresse
    information of great public interest
    1. universal
      allmän rösträttuniversal suffrage
      allmän värnpliktuniversal military service / general conscription
    2. (as "det allmänna" (the public things [nominalized])) the public (things); the public sector (from notion of things shared by all)
      stjäla från det allmänna
      steal from the public purse
  4. (as "allmän sammankomst") public gathering

Usage notes

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Compare offentlig.

Declension

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Inflection of allmän
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular allmän allmännare allmännast
neuter singular allmänt allmännare allmännast
plural allmänna allmännare allmännast
masculine plural2 allmänne allmännare allmännast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 allmänne allmännare allmännaste
all allmänna allmännare allmännaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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See also

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