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sjucker

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Tavringer Romani sjucker, sjycker (beautiful, pretty), from Romani śukar (beautiful, amiable, pleasant). Related to Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, light, white, pure).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sjucker (comparative sjuckrare, superlative sjuckrast)

  1. (colloquial) beautiful, pretty, fine, good
    • 1947, Ruben Nilson (lyrics and music), “Balladen om Eken”:
      Man skulle väl tona en sjucker ballad / om våran stad
      If one should write a pretty ballad / about our city.

Declension

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Inflection of sjucker
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular sjucker sjuckrare sjuckrast
neuter singular sjuckert sjuckrare sjuckrast
plural sjuckra sjuckrare sjuckrast
masculine plural2 sjuckre sjuckrare sjuckrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 sjuckre sjuckrare sjuckraste
all sjuckra sjuckrare sjuckraste

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

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  • sjucker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Gerd Carling (2005) “sjucker”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 101