Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish allerstigin, equivalent to ålder (age) +‎ stigen (past participle).

Adjective

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ålderstigen (comparative mer ålderstigen, superlative mest ålderstigen)

  1. old
    Synonym: gammal

Declension

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Inflection of ålderstigen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ålderstigen
neuter singular ålderstiget
plural ålderstigna
masculine plural2 ålderstigne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ålderstigne
all ålderstigna

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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