nykter

Swedish

Adjective

nykter (comparative nyktrare, superlative nyktrast)

sober (not drunk)
När han, spiknykter, kom hem, satte han sig att sy med förtviflans fart.
When he, fully sober, got home, he sat down to sew with a desperate speed.
sober, abstaining (who doesn't drink)
Den orättfärdige övar ej orätt mer, tjuven blir ärlig, lögnaren blir sann, svärjaren blir kvitt sin last och drinkarens händer fatta icke mer om glaset. Han har blivit nykter.
The unrighteous makes no more evil, the thief becomes honest, the liar turns true, the swearer is acquitted of his vice and the drunkard's hands do no longer grasp the glass. He has become sober.
sober; realistic, self-controlled, down-to-earth
Det gäller att anlägga en nykter syn på denna sak.
It is important to take a sober view on this issue.

Declension

Inflection of **nykter**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	nykter	nyktrare	nyktrast
neuter singular	nyktert	nyktrare	nyktrast
plural	nyktra	nyktrare	nyktrast
masculine plural²	nyktre	nyktrare	nyktrast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	nyktre	nyktrare	nyktraste
all	nyktra	nyktrare	nyktraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

helnykter
spelnykter
spiknykter (“cold sober”)

Related terms

Descendants

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nykter
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: nykter

References

nykter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

knyter, nyktre, rykten