"vaksam" meaning in Swedish

See vaksam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: vaka + -sam. Cognate of English wakesome, German wachsam, Dutch waakzaam, Norwegian Bokmål vaktsom. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|vaka|-sam}} vaka + -sam, {{cog|en|wakesome}} English wakesome, {{cog|de|wachsam}} German wachsam, {{cog|nl|waakzaam}} Dutch waakzaam, {{cog|nb|vaktsom}} Norwegian Bokmål vaktsom Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|vaksammare|superlative|vaksammast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} vaksam (comparative vaksammare, superlative vaksammast), {{sv-adj|vaksamma}} vaksam (comparative vaksammare, superlative vaksammast) Forms: vaksammare [comparative], vaksammast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], vaksam [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], vaksammare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], vaksammast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], vaksamt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], vaksammare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], vaksammast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], vaksamma [indefinite, plural, positive], vaksammare [comparative, indefinite, plural], vaksammast [indefinite, plural, superlative], vaksamme [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], vaksammare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], vaksammast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], vaksamme [definite, masculine, positive, singular], vaksammare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], vaksammaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], vaksamma [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], vaksammare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], vaksammaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. vigilant, watchful Derived forms: vaksamhet

Inflected forms

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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wakesome"
      },
      "expansion": "English wakesome",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "wachsam"
      },
      "expansion": "German wachsam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "waakzaam"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch waakzaam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "vaktsom"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål vaktsom",
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    }
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    {
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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              15
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              16
            ]
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    }
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    },
    {
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        "2": "wachsam"
      },
      "expansion": "German wachsam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch waakzaam",
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    },
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      },
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    }
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "vaksammast",
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "vaksam",
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}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "vaksam",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
  "path": [
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