sömnlös

Swedish

Etymology

sömn +‎ -lös first observed in 1635. A noun sömnlösa (“sleeplessness”) was first used in 1623. The more common noun sömnlöshet (“sleeplessness”) was first used in 1681.

Adjective

sömnlös

1. sleepless, lacking sleep, unable to fall asleep (of a night or a person)

Declension

Inflection of sömnlös
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sömnlös	sömnlösare	sömnlösast
Neuter singular	sömnlöst	sömnlösare	sömnlösast
Plural	sömnlösa	sömnlösare	sömnlösast
Masculine plural3	sömnlöse	sömnlösare	sömnlösast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sömnlöse	sömnlösare	sömnlösaste
All	sömnlösa	sömnlösare	sömnlösaste
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

Related terms

• sömnlöshet

Further reading

• sömnlös in Svensk ordbok.