jäkel

Swedish

Alternative forms

• djäkel

Etymology

First attested in 1508 as dyäkel. Compare German Low German Deiker. Similar to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækel.

Noun

jäkel c

1. Euphemistic form of jävel.

   Din jäkel!

   You bastard!

   Han är en jäkel på tennis

   He's a hell of a tennis player (a devil at tennis)

Usage notes

Milder than jävel, but not inoffensive depending on usage.

Declension

Declension of jäkel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jäkel	jäkels
	definite	jäkeln	jäkelns
plural	indefinite	jäklar	jäklars
	definite	jäklarna	jäklarnas

Derived terms

• jäkla
• jäklas
• jäklig

References

• jäkel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jäkel in Svensk ordbok (SO)