osynlig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish osynliker or o- (“un-”) +‎ synlig (“visible”)

Adjective

osynlig (comparative osynligare, superlative osynligast)

1. invisible, unseen
   • 2005 December 15, “Miljoner barn i nöd osynliga [Millions of needy children invisible]”, in Swedish Wikinews‎^[1]:

     I sin årsrapport meddelar Unicef att miljoner barn som är utsatta för svår diskriminering och utnyttjas, är osynliga i statistiken.

     In its annual report, UNICEF informs that millions of children who are subject to severe discrimination and abuse, are invisible in the statistics.

Declension

Inflection of osynlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	osynlig	osynligare	osynligast
neuter singular	osynligt	osynligare	osynligast
plural	osynliga	osynligare	osynligast
masculine plural2	osynlige	osynligare	osynligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	osynlige	osynligare	osynligaste
all	osynliga	osynligare	osynligaste

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.

Antonyms

• synlig

Related terms

• osynliggjord
• osynliggöra
• osynlighet

References

• “osynlig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)