kluven

Swedish

Etymology

Originally the past participle of klyva.

Adjective

kluven (comparative mer kluven, superlative mest kluven)

  1. split, cleaved
  2. (heraldry) party per pale
  3. torn, conflicted, ambivalent
    Jag vill älska filmen, men jag är kluven
    I want to love the movie, but I'm torn

Declension

Inflection of kluven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular kluven — —
neuter singular kluvet — —
plural kluvna — —
masculine plural2 kluvne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kluvne — —
all kluvna — —

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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