äckel

From German Ekel.

Attempts to connect with words beyond German have proven futile. Examples include Old English ācol, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌹 (aiwiski), Latin aeger, Old Norse eikinn (“furious”), Sanskrit एजति (ejati, “move; shake; stir”).

äckel n

1. disgust (queasy feeling, like at something potentially contagious, sometimes more or less figuratively)
2. something disgusting (like a substance or activity or the like)
3. (colloquial) a lewd or disgusting person

   Vilket äckel!

   What a creep / disgusting person!

   Rör mig inte, ditt äckel!

   Don't touch me, you creep!

For moral disgust, a word like avsky is often better. Äckel more strongly implies a queasy reaction compared to disgust. Compare the second image.

• äckelgubbe
• äckelpäckel (“something disgusting”)

• äckla (“to disgust”)
• äcklig (“disgusting”)

• avsky
• avsmak
• motvilja
• vämjelse

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