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)

  2. 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
  3. 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)
  4. 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.

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