"jätte-" meaning in Swedish

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Prefix

Etymology: From jätte (“giant”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål kjempe-, Norwegian Nynorsk kjempe-, Danish kæmpe-, Dutch reuze- and German riesen-, all deriving from their respective word for ”giant”. Etymology templates: {{m|sv|jätte||giant}} jätte (“giant”), {{noncog|nb|kjempe-}} Norwegian Bokmål kjempe-, {{noncog|nn|kjempe-}} Norwegian Nynorsk kjempe-, {{noncog|da|kæmpe-}} Danish kæmpe-, {{noncog|nl|reuze-}} Dutch reuze-, {{noncog|de|riesen-}} German riesen- Head templates: {{head|sv|prefix}} jätte-
  1. giant Tags: morpheme Synonyms: jättestor, bauta-
    Sense id: en-jätte--sv-prefix-CxMuovbN
  2. (colloquial, intensifier) very, super-, monster Tags: colloquial, emphatic, intensifier, morpheme Synonyms: as-, gör-, skit-, svin-, ur-, vrål-, bauta-, piss- [negative, usually]
    Sense id: en-jätte--sv-prefix-k9vIqLyo Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 0 100

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