syndfri

Swedish

Etymology

From synd (“sin”) +‎ -fri (“free”). Compare German sündenfrei.

Adjective

syndfri (not comparable)

  1. sinless, sin-free
    Antonyms: syndig, syndfull
    • 2009 July 23, Sofia Benholm, “Gymnasierektor öppet emot äktenskap för homosexuella”, in Sveriges Television‎[1], archived from the original on 7 June 2021:
      – Det är omöjligt att leva helt syndfritt.
      "It's impossible to live completely sin-free."
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 13 August 2024, §867:
      Kyrkan är helig. [...] Även om hon också omfattar syndare, är hon "den syndfria som består av syndare".
      The Church is holy. Even though she still includes sinners, she is "the sinless one made up of sinners."

Declension

Inflection of syndfri
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular syndfri — —
neuter singular syndfritt — —
plural syndfria — —
masculine plural2 syndfrie — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 syndfrie — —
all syndfria — —

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

References

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