otäck

See also: otack

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ täck (“pretty; beautiful”). From Old Swedish othäkker, from Old Norse þekkr (“pleasing”). Cognate with Icelandic óþekkur (“naughty, rude”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

otäck (comparative otäckare, superlative otäckast)

1. unpleasant
2. frightening

Declension

Inflection of otäck

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	otäck	otäckare	otäckast
neuter singular	otäckt	otäckare	otäckast
plural	otäcka	otäckare	otäckast
masculine plural2	otäcke	otäckare	otäckast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	otäcke	otäckare	otäckaste
all	otäcka	otäckare	otäckaste

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.

References

• otäck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• otäck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• otäck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)