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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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 | |||
Derived terms
Further reading
- vacker in Svensk ordbok.
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