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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse snøggr, snǫggr from Proto-Norse ᛊᚾᚨᚷᚹᚢ (*snaggwu-). Compare dialectal snögg and Icelandic snöggur. Doublet of snöd.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]snygg (comparative snyggare, superlative snyggast)
- good-looking, handsome (of a person – equally idiomatic for men and women)
- Gud så snygg han är!
- God, he's so handsome!
- en snygg brud
- a hot chick
- nice-looking
- en snygg bil
- a nice-looking car
- att klä sig snyggt
- to dress well ("in a nice-looking way")
- Vilken snygg passning!
- What a nice ("nice-looking," often with implied elegance) pass!
- – Jag klarade uppkörningen! – Snyggt!
- – I passed my driving test! – Nice work! (nice-looking deed, figuratively)
- proper (and clean)
- att hålla köket rent och snyggt
- to keep the kitchen nice and clean ("clean and nice-looking")
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of snygg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | snygg | snyggare | snyggast |
| Neuter singular | snyggt | snyggare | snyggast |
| Plural | snygga | snyggare | snyggast |
| Masculine plural3 | snygge | snyggare | snyggast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | snygge | snyggare | snyggaste |
| All | snygga | snyggare | snyggaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- snygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- snygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)