sjucker

Swedish

Alternative forms

• schucker

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɧɵkɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɵkɛr

Adjective

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

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

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