allmännyttig

Swedish

Etymology

From allmän (“general”) +‎ nyttig (“beneficial”), akin to German gemeinnützig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalːmɛnˌnytːɪɡ/

Adjective

allmännyttig

  1. benefiting a particular community as a whole, usually society; public-benefit
    Synonym: (benefiting society) samhällsnyttig
    1. non-profit; charitable; public-service; public-utility
    2. (pertaining to housing) public (in Sweden, municipally owned or operated)
      privata och allmännyttiga bostadsföretag
      private and public housing companies
      allmännyttiga bostäder
      public housing

Declension

Inflection of allmännyttig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular allmännyttig — —
neuter singular allmännyttigt — —
plural allmännyttiga — —
masculine plural2 allmännyttige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 allmännyttige — —
all allmännyttiga — —

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.

  • allmännytta

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