"fåfäng" meaning in All languages combined

See fåfäng on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swedish]

Etymology: From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) + få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile". Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|fafænger}} Old Swedish fafænger, {{com|sv|få|få|t1=few|t2=receive}} få (“few”) + få (“receive”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|fåfängare|superlative|fåfängast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} fåfäng (comparative fåfängare, superlative fåfängast), {{sv-adj}} fåfäng (comparative fåfängare, superlative fåfängast) sv:sv-adj Forms: fåfäng sv:sv-adj [canonical], fåfängare [comparative], fåfängast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fåfäng [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], fåfängare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], fåfängast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], fåfängt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], fåfängare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], fåfängast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], fåfänga [indefinite, plural, positive], fåfängare [comparative, indefinite, plural], fåfängast [indefinite, plural, superlative], fåfänge [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], fåfängare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], fåfängast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], fåfänge [definite, masculine, positive, singular], fåfängare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], fåfängaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], fåfänga [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], fåfängare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], fåfängaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. vain (overly concerned with one's appearance or reputation)
    Sense id: en-fåfäng-sv-adj-37Mb6E6n
  2. futile, vain (having no chance of success) Synonyms: fruktlös, gagnlös
    Sense id: en-fåfäng-sv-adj-0Fk~AYHC Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fåfänga, flärdfull, inbilsk

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for fåfäng meaning in All languages combined (4.1kB)

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