tvålfager

Swedish

Etymology

tvål (“soap”) +‎ fager (“fair”)

Adjective

tvålfager (comparative tvålfagrare, superlative tvålfagrast)

  1. pretty in a banal, sterile way, stereotypically pretty, pretty-pretty
    tvålfagra Ken-dockor
    pretty-pretty Ken dolls

Declension

Inflection of tvålfager
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular tvålfager tvålfagrare tvålfagrast
neuter singular tvålfagert tvålfagrare tvålfagrast
plural tvålfagra tvålfagrare tvålfagrast
masculine plural2 tvålfagre tvålfagrare tvålfagrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 tvålfagre tvålfagrare tvålfagraste
all tvålfagra tvålfagrare tvålfagraste

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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