Böjradier

Böjradier, plural of böjrad, is a term in Swedish linguistics that denotes the inflectional rows used to present the full paradigm of a word. A böjrad shows how a word changes form to express grammatical categories such as tense, mood, number, definiteness, case, or degree. The concept is mainly used when describing the inflection patterns of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, and verbs in Swedish, though similar ideas exist in other languages under the name paradigm or inflectional table. Each word has one böjrad (or more when illustrating irregularities or different stems) that comprises its inflected forms arranged in a systematic order.

In practice, a verb's böjrad lists forms like infinitiv, present tense, past tense, supine, and imperative. A noun's böjrad shows singular and plural forms, with or without definite forms (for example, pojke, pojkar, pojken, pojkarna in Swedish). For adjectives, the böjrad demonstrates how the adjective inflects for number and definiteness in agreement with the noun, and how degree forms (positive, comparative, superlative) may interact with the paradigm. The böjrad helps learners and researchers compare regular and irregular patterns and understand how the language organizes its morphology.

Historically, böjradier have appeared in Swedish grammars and dictionaries as compact summaries of a word's inflection. Today they remain a standard tool in linguistic description and language teaching, reflecting the broader concept of a morphological paradigm.