tjusig

Swedish

Etymology

tjusa (“charm; enchant”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

tjusig (comparative tjusigare, superlative tjusigast)

  1. nice-looking in a snazzy way
  2. (figuratively) fancy, classy, posh, etc.
    en tjusig tillställning
    a fancy event [with a tongue-in-cheek or possibly disparaging tone, and similarly for the other usage examples]
    en tjusig middag
    a fancy dinner
    en tjusig villa
    a fancy villa
    en tjusig titel
    a fancy title
    en tjusig accent
    a posh accent [if used disparagingly]
  3. (figuratively) nifty, elegant, snazzy
    en tjusig lösning
    a nifty [snazzily elegant] solution

Usage notes

  • Often used to describe upscale or posh things.
  • Sometimes used more to impart a tongue-in-cheek snazzy tone, like saying that a horse looks nice in a snazzy way, for example, instead of using a word like fin.

Declension

Inflection of tjusig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tjusig tjusigare tjusigast
neuter singular tjusigt tjusigare tjusigast
plural tjusiga tjusigare tjusigast
masculine plural2 tjusige tjusigare tjusigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tjusige tjusigare tjusigaste
all tjusiga tjusigare tjusigaste

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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