snygg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse snøggr, snǫggr from Proto-Norse ᛊᚾᚨᚷᚹᚢ (*snaggwu-). Compare dialectal snögg and Icelandic snöggur. Doublet of snöd.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /snʏɡː/
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Adjective

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

Inflection of **snygg**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	snygg	snyggare	snyggast
neuter singular	snyggt	snyggare	snyggast
plural	snygga	snyggare	snyggast
masculine plural²	snygge	snyggare	snyggast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	snygge	snyggare	snyggaste
all	snygga	snyggare	snyggaste

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.

Derived terms

Related terms

osnygg

References

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)