"glad" meaning in Swedish

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡlɑː(d)/ Audio: Sv-glad.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|glaþer}} Old Swedish glaþer, {{inh|sv|non|glaðr}} Old Norse glaðr, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*gladaz}} Proto-Germanic *gladaz, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*gʰladʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*gʰel-||to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|gladare|superlative|gladast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast), {{sv-adj}} glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast) Forms: gladare [comparative], gladast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], glad [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], gladare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], gladast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], glatt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], gladare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], gladast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], glada [indefinite, plural, positive], gladare [comparative, indefinite, plural], gladast [indefinite, plural, superlative], glade [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], gladare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], gladast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], glade [definite, masculine, positive, singular], gladare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], gladaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], glada [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], gladare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], gladaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. happy, glad (feeling or causing happiness) Categories (topical): Emotions, Happiness
    Sense id: en-glad-sv-adj-Xuk4Q9MU Disambiguation of Emotions: 92 8 Disambiguation of Happiness: 98 2 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 64 36
  2. (somewhat colloquial, with i (“in”)) fond of Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-glad-sv-adj-3yLepJTu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: glad i hatten (english: drunk), glad i hågen, gladlynt Related terms: glädja, glädje

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "drunk",
      "word": "glad i hatten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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      "form": "gladare",
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    },
    {
      "form": "gladast",
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        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "glad",
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    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glatt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gladare",
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        "singular"
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        "superlative"
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    {
      "form": "glada",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
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        "superlative"
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      "form": "glade",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gladare",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gladast",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "glade",
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        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular",
        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "word": "ledsen"
        }
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        {
          "english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the cute rabbit and got a big ice cream",
          "text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa den gulliga kaninen och fick en stor glass",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were [became] happy when the team they were rooting for won",
          "text": "De blev glada när laget de hejade på vann",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "be in a happy mood",
          "text": "vara på glatt humör",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "a piece of happy news",
          "text": "en glad nyhet",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "happy and sad",
          "text": "glad och ledsen",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "happy"
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          "glad",
          "glad#English"
        ]
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        {
          "english": "be fond of women / alcohol [liquor]",
          "text": "vara glad i kvinnor / sprit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am fond of you [implies romantically]",
          "text": "Jag är glad i dig",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fond of"
      ],
      "id": "en-glad-sv-adj-3yLepJTu",
      "links": [
        [
          "i",
          "i#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "fond of",
          "fond"
        ]
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        "(somewhat colloquial, with i (“in”)) fond of"
      ],
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        "with i (“in”)"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡlɑː(d)/"
    }
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}
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      "english": "drunk",
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    {
      "word": "glad i hågen"
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      "word": "gladlynt"
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        "comparative"
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        "superlative"
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        {
          "english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the cute rabbit and got a big ice cream",
          "text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa den gulliga kaninen och fick en stor glass",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They were [became] happy when the team they were rooting for won",
          "text": "De blev glada när laget de hejade på vann",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "be in a happy mood",
          "text": "vara på glatt humör",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "a piece of happy news",
          "text": "en glad nyhet",
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          "english": "happy and sad",
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        {
          "english": "be fond of women / alcohol [liquor]",
          "text": "vara glad i kvinnor / sprit",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I am fond of you [implies romantically]",
          "text": "Jag är glad i dig",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "i",
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        "(somewhat colloquial, with i (“in”)) fond of"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡlɑː(d)/"
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  "word": "glad"
}

Download raw JSONL data for glad meaning in Swedish (5.6kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.