tullfri

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish tolfrir. By surface analysis, tull +‎ -fri. Cognate of German zollfrei, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tollfri, Danish toldfri, Dutch tolvrij.

Adjective

tullfri (comparative mer tullfri, superlative mest tullfri)

  1. duty-free

Declension

Inflection of tullfri
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tullfri mer tullfri mest tullfri
neuter singular tullfritt mer tullfritt mest tullfritt
plural tullfria mer tullfria mest tullfria
masculine plural2 tullfrie mer tullfria mest tullfria
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tullfrie mer tullfrie mest tullfrie
all tullfria mer tullfria mest tullfria

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

  • tullfrihet

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