ljum

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːm/

Adjective

ljum (comparative ljummare, superlative ljummast)

1. lukewarm, tepid

   Synonym: (more common) ljummen

Declension

Inflection of ljum

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	ljum	ljummare	ljummast
neuter singular	ljumt	ljummare	ljummast
plural	ljumma	ljummare	ljummast
masculine plural2	ljumme	ljummare	ljummast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	ljumme	ljummare	ljummaste
all	ljumma	ljummare	ljummaste

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.

References

• “ljum”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “ljum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “ljum”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• ljum in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)