Breakdown of Den som har den mest värdefulla spadern vinner sticket.
ha
to have
den
the (with en-words)
vinna
to win
som
who / which / that (relative pronoun)
värdefull
valuable
mest
most
sticket
the trick (in a card game)
spadern
the spade (suit in cards)
Questions & Answers about Den som har den mest värdefulla spadern vinner sticket.
Why do we use den som instead of just vem for 'the one who'?
In Swedish, vem is strictly a question word (who?). To say 'the one who', 'he who', or 'whoever' in a general statement, you must use the pronoun construction den som.
Why is it mest värdefulla instead of using an -aste ending like most superlatives?
Long adjectives, especially those ending in suffixes like -full or -isk, form their comparative and superlative with mer and mest rather than endings. Because it follows the definite article den, the adjective still takes the definite -a ending, giving us den mest värdefulla.
Why is the word for 'spade' written as spadern and not spaden?
This is a tricky difference in vocabulary! The tool used for digging is en spade (definite form: spaden). However, the suit in a card game is en spader, which makes its definite form spadern when referring to a specific card in that suit.
What does sticket mean in this context?
While you might know the verb att sticka (to knit, sting, or leave), the noun ett stick refers to a 'trick' in card games. Since it is an ett-word, the definite form becomes sticket.
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