tacknämlig

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish thaknämlika. Equivalent to tack +‎ -näm +‎ -lig. Cognate of Danish taknemmelig (or taknemlig) and Norwegian Bokmål takknemlig.

Adjective

tacknämlig (not comparable)

  1. that one should be grateful for; commendable, (as an adverb) thankfully
    Det vore tacknämligt om jag fick en glass
    It would be commendable / I would be grateful if I got an ice cream
    en köttätande parasit som tacknämligt nog inte existerar i Sverige
    a carnivorous parasite that thankfully [enough] does not exist in Sweden
  2. (dated) gratifying
    Så mycket tacknämligare är det då att ...
    It is all the more gratifying then to ...

Declension

Inflection of tacknämlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tacknämlig — —
neuter singular tacknämligt — —
plural tacknämliga — —
masculine plural2 tacknämlige — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tacknämlige — —
all tacknämliga — —

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.

References

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