Definite: definiteness or state
Definiteness in Swedish is an inflectional feature of nouns, as well as adjectives and determiners that agree with nouns. Its value distinguishes whether we are talking about something known and concrete, or something general or unknown.
Ind: indefinite
Examples
- [sv] en särskild broschyr “a particular brochure”
- [sv] ett lotteri “a lottery”
Def: definite
Examples
- [sv] vinsterna “the profits”
- [sv] de särskilda förmånerna “the special benefits”
Definite in other languages: [bej] [bg] [el] [en] [es] [fr] [ga] [hu] [hy] [it] [ky] [myv] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [sga] [sl] [sv] [tr] [u] [urj] [xcl]