söt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sot"

Swedish

en söt liten kyckling [a cute little chick] (sense 2)

Etymology

From Old Swedish söter, from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus. Compare English sweet, German süß.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søːt/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -øːt

Adjective

söt (comparative sötare, superlative sötast)

1. sweet (of the taste of sugar)

   Socker är / smakar sött

   Sugar is / tastes sweet

   Jag tror jag hade i lite för mycket socker. Den blev extremt söt.

   I think I added a bit too much sugar. It turned out extremely sweet.

   sötsur sås

   sweet-and-sour sauce

3. cute (in appearance)

   Jag är kär i henne. Hon är så söt.

   I am in love with her. She is so cute.

   en söt ankunge

   a cute duckling

   en söt bebis

   a cute baby

   söta små blommor

   cute little flowers

   ett sött leende

   a cute smile

   • 1992, Benny Astor, Figge Boström, “Gunga [Swing]”‎^[1]performed by Apopocalyps:

     Du är så söt, så oskuldsfull. Försöker stå men du ramlar omkull. Jag rycker till [expresses suddenness], du fnittrar glatt. Med stora ögon brister du ut i ett skratt, i ett skratt.

     You are so cute, so innocent. Try to stand but you fall over. I flinch, you giggle happily. With wide eyes you break out into a laugh, into a laugh.

4. cute, sweet (of behavior or an act or the like)

   Synonym: gullig

5. (of water) fresh (not salty)

   Antonym: salt

   sötvatten

   fresh water

Usage notes

Compare and see the usage notes for gullig, which means cute in a sweet way, like a child or an animal.

Declension

Inflection of söt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	söt	sötare	sötast
neuter singular	sött	sötare	sötast
plural	söta	sötare	sötast
masculine plural2	söte	sötare	sötast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	söte	sötare	sötaste
all	söta	sötare	sötaste

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.

Derived terms

• sötsak

Related terms

• söta
• sötma
• sött

See also

• fin
• gullig
• snygg
• stilig
• tjusig

References

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

Anagrams

• tös, öst