"snäll" meaning in All languages combined

See snäll on Wiktionary

Adjective [Swedish]

IPA: /snɛlː/ Audio: Sv-snäll.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse snjallr; compare with Norwegian Bokmål snill. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|snjallr}} Old Norse snjallr, {{cog|nb|snill}} Norwegian Bokmål snill Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|snällare|superlative|snällast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} snäll (comparative snällare, superlative snällast), {{sv-adj}} snäll (comparative snällare, superlative snällast) Forms: snällare [comparative], snällast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], snäll [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], snällare [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], snällast [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], snällt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], snällare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], snällast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], snälla [indefinite, plural, positive], snällare [comparative, indefinite, plural], snällast [indefinite, plural, superlative], snälle [indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], snällare [comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], snällast [indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], snälle [definite, masculine, positive, singular], snällare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], snällaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], snälla [definite, positive], snällare [comparative, definite], snällaste [definite, superlative]
  1. kind, nice
    Sense id: en-snäll-sv-adj-LwnLd3kv Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 78 20 1 Synonyms: bussig, gemytlig, god, godhjärtad, godmodig, hjälpsam, hygglig, rar, trevlig, tillmötesgående, välmenande, fridsam, reko, schysst
  2. nice, obedient (from notion of being kind (from someone's perspective)) Synonyms: beskedlig, foglig, lydig, medgörlig, väluppfostrad
    Sense id: en-snäll-sv-adj-B5Q4znMr
  3. (archaic except in some compounds) fast
    Sense id: en-snäll-sv-adj-EV3DYG-~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snälla (english: please (when pleading)), snällhet, god, omtänksam, vänlig

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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