föga
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See also: foga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish fögha, fögho, föghe (“fitting, ingenious, moderate, slight, little”); like Danish føje from Middle Low German vôge (“appropriate, moderate”), from Old Saxon fogian. Doublet of foga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]föga
Adverb
[edit]föga
- little, not very, hardly
- Det är föga förvånande
- It is hardly surprising
- ett föga använt ord
- a little-used word
References
[edit]- föga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- föga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- föga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- föga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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