hemtam

Swedish

Etymology

hem (“home”) +‎ tam (“tame”), from notion of an acclimated animal.

Adjective

hemtam (comparative hemtamare, superlative hemtamast)

  1. comfortable due to great familiarity (with a place, subject, etc.)
    Den hemliga agenten rörde sig hemtamt i finare kretsar
    The secret agent moved with ease in high society
    en hemtam miljö
    a familiar environment

Declension
Inflection of hemtam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hemtam hemtamare hemtamast
Neuter singular hemtamt hemtamare hemtamast
Plural hemtama hemtamare hemtamast
Masculine plural3 hemtame hemtamare hemtamast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hemtame hemtamare hemtamaste
All hemtama hemtamare hemtamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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