Unlike most Swedish adjectives, indeclinable adjectives never change their form to match the gender (en/ett) or number of the noun they describe.
Vowel endings (redo, extra, rosa)
Many adjectives ending in a vowel (like -a or -o) are indeclinable. Notice how rosa (pink) stays exactly the same whether it describes a singular or plural noun:
| Do you want pink cotton candy? | Vill du ha rosa sockervadd? |
| I like the pink tickets. | Jag tycker om de rosa biljetterna. |
The words extra (extra) and redo (ready) follow the same pattern:
| We want extra tickets, but they are not free. | Vi vill ha extra biljetter, men de är inte gratis. |
| We are ready for the amusement park. | Vi är redo för nöjesparken. |
Consonant and -s endings (gratis, fel, lagom)
Adjectives ending in -s, such as gratis (free), skip the normal declension rules:
| The ticket to the carousel is free today. | Biljetten till karusellen är gratis idag. |
Some adjectives ending in a consonant also ignore the rules. Fel means "wrong," and the famously Swedish lagom means "just the right amount" or "just right":
| You are standing in the wrong queue for the roller coaster. | Du står i fel kö till bergochdalbanan. |
| The carousel is neither fast nor slow, it is just right. | Karusellen är varken snabb eller långsam, den är lagom. |
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