Editing Augmentative (section)

=== Swedish ===
In [[Swedish language|Swedish]], the way to build an augmentative is to add one of many prefixes before the main word, typically a noun, adjective or adverb. Some common prefixes are: ''jätte''-, ''super''-, ''bauta''-, and ''mega''-. For example:

*''jätte''- (meaning "giant"), for example ''jättesnabb'' "very fast" 
*''super''-, for example ''supermycket'' "very much"
*''bauta''- (from ''bautasten'', meaning "boulder"), for example ''bautaportion'' "very large serving (of food)"
*''mega''-, for example ''megahus'' "gigantic house"

There are many synonyms to the augmentative ''jätte''-. Some of these synonyms are: ''as-'', ''gör-'', ''svin-'', ''skit-'', and ''ur-''. These do not refer to size, only intensity, e.g. ''gul'' "yellow" to ''jättegul'' or ''skitgul'' "very yellow". Like many other augmentative prefixes, ''jätte''- is also a noun that can be part of a compound word, e.g. ''jättelik'' "enormous" (literally "giantlike"), as opposed to ''jättelik'' "very similar".

The use of prefixes to build augmentatives in Swedish is colloquial and is seldom used in formal text and speech, where adjectives and adverbs are used instead.