vacker

See also: väcker

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakr (“wakeful, watchful; brave”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake”). Cognate with Dutch wakker, Danish and Norwegian vakker, among others.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvak.kɛr/, [ˈvacːɛ̠r]
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Adjective

vacker (comparative vackrare, superlative vackrast)

  1. beautiful, pretty
    Synonym: skön

Declension
Inflection of vacker
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vacker vackrare vackrast
Neuter singular vackert vackrare vackrast
Plural vackra vackrare vackrast
Masculine plural3 vackre vackrare vackrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vackre vackrare vackraste
All vackra vackrare vackraste
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

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