karolinsk

Swedish

Adjective

karolinsk

  1. (historical) Carolean (of or relating to the Swedish kings Charles X–XII, especially Charles XII, or the Caroleans)
    • 1888, Esaias Tegnér, “Axel”, in Skaldestycken‎[1], P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 11 August 2025, page 2:
      Den gamla tiden är mig kär, den gamla karolinska tiden.
      The old days are dear to me, the old Carolean days.
    • 1935, Frans G. Bengtsson, Karl XII:s levnad 1: Till uttåget ur Sachsen‎[2], P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 11 August 2025, page 290:
      [Gatlopp] bör ha varit svår[a] att uthärda till och med för en stadig karolinsk ryggtavla.
      Running the gauntles must have been difficult to endure, even for a sturdy Carolean back.

Declension

Inflection of karolinsk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular karolinsk — —
neuter singular karolinskt — —
plural karolinska — —
masculine plural2 karolinske — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 karolinske — —
all karolinska — —

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.

References

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