skromen

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian skroman, from Czech skromný, from Proto-Slavic *sъkromьnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skrɔ̀ːmən/

Adjective

skrómən (comparative skrómnejši, superlative nȁjskrómnejši)

1. modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	skrômen	skrômna	skrômno
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skrômen ind skrômni def	skrômna	skrômno
genitive	skrômnega	skrômne	skrômnega
dative	skrômnemu	skrômni	skrômnemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	skrômno	skrômno
locative	skrômnem	skrômni	skrômnem
instrumental	skrômnim	skrômno	skrômnim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skrômna	skrômni	skrômni
genitive	skrômnih	skrômnih	skrômnih
dative	skrômnima	skrômnima	skrômnima
accusative	skrômna	skrômni	skrômni
locative	skrômnih	skrômnih	skrômnih
instrumental	skrômnima	skrômnima	skrômnima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skrômni	skrômne	skrômna
genitive	skrômnih	skrômnih	skrômnih
dative	skrômnim	skrômnim	skrômnim
accusative	skrômne	skrômne	skrômna
locative	skrômnih	skrômnih	skrômnih
instrumental	skrômnimi	skrômnimi	skrômnimi

Further reading

• “skromen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024