UrsprungInherited from Old Swedish søtma, oblique singular of søtme, from Old East Norse *sœtmi, *sǿtmi, from Proto-Germanic *swōtmô. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål sødme and Old Frisian swētma. Equivalent to söt (“sweet”) + -ma; compare fetma.
- common-gender, uncountablesweetness
Formersötma(indefinite, nominative, singular) · sötmas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · sötman(definite, nominative, singular) · sötmans(definite, genitive, singular) · -(indefinite, nominative, plural) · -(genitive, indefinite, plural) · -(definite, nominative, plural) · -(definite, genitive, plural)