hygglig

Swedish

Etymology

From hygga +‎ -lig. Cognate with Danish hyggelig, Norwegian Bokmål hyggelig, Norwegian Nynorsk hyggeleg, hyggjeleg and Dutch heuglijk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʏɡˌlɪ(ɡ)/
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Adjective

hygglig (comparative hyggligare, superlative hyggligast)

  1. quite good
    hygglig levnadsstandard
    decent living standard
  2. (about a person) nice, kind

Inflection

Inflection of hygglig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular hygglig hyggligare hyggligast
neuter singular hyggligt hyggligare hyggligast
plural hyggliga hyggligare hyggligast
masculine plural2 hygglige hyggligare hyggligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 hygglige hyggligare hyggligaste
all hyggliga hyggligare hyggligaste

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.

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