söt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sot"

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish söter, from Old Norse sœtr, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus. Compare English sweet, German süß.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søːt/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -øːt

Adjective

söt (comparative sötare, superlative sötast)

1. sweet (of the taste of sugar)

   Jag tror jag hade i lite för mycket socker. Den blev extremt söt.

   I think I added a bit too much sugar. It turned out extremely sweet.

   sötsur sås

   sweet-and-sour sauce

2. cute (in appearance)

   Jag är kär i henne. Hon är så söt.

   I am in love with her. She is so cute.

   en söt ankunge

   a cute duckling

   en söt bebis

   a cute baby

   söta små blommor

   cute little flowers

   ett sött leende

   a cute smile

3. cute, sweet (of behavior or an act or the like)

   Synonym: gullig

4. (of water) fresh (not salty)

   Antonym: salt

   sötvatten

   fresh water

Usage notes

Compare and see the usage notes for gullig, which means cute in a sweet way, like a child or an animal.

Declension

Inflection of söt

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	söt	sötare	sötast
neuter singular	sött	sötare	sötast
plural	söta	sötare	sötast
masculine plural2	söte	sötare	sötast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	söte	sötare	sötaste
all	söta	sötare	sötaste

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.

Related terms

• söta
• sötma

See also

• fin
• gullig
• snygg

References

• söt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• söt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• söt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tös, öst