smäcker

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German smecker, from Proto-Germanic *smikraz. Cognate of Old English smicer.

Adjective

smäcker (comparative smäckrare, superlative smäckrast)

1. slender and elegant

   båtens smäckra skrov

   the slender hull of the boat

Declension

Inflection of smäcker

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	smäcker	smäckrare	smäckrast
neuter singular	smäckert	smäckrare	smäckrast
plural	smäckra	smäckrare	smäckrast
masculine plural2	smäckre	smäckrare	smäckrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	smäckre	smäckrare	smäckraste
all	smäckra	smäckrare	smäckraste

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

smäcker

1. present of smäcka

References

• smäcker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• smäcker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• smäcker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• smäcker in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)