"vacker" meaning in Swedish

See vacker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvak.kɛr/, [ˈvacːɛ̠r] Audio: Sv-vacker.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse vakr (“wakeful, watchful; brave”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake”). Cognate with Dutch wakker, Danish and Norwegian vakker, among others. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|non|vakr||wakeful, watchful; brave}} Old Norse vakr (“wakeful, watchful; brave”), {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wakraz||awake}} Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake”), {{cog|nl|wakker}} Dutch wakker, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|vakker}} Norwegian vakker Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|vackrare|superlative|vackrast|f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} vacker (comparative vackrare, superlative vackrast), {{sv-adj|vackra}} vacker (comparative vackrare, superlative vackrast) sv:sv-adj Forms: vacker sv:sv-adj [canonical], vackrare [comparative], vackrast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], vacker [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], vackrare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], vackrast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], vackert [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], vackrare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], vackrast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], vackra [indefinite, plural, positive], vackrare [comparative, indefinite, plural], vackrast [indefinite, plural, superlative], vackre [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], vackrare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], vackrast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], vackre [definite, masculine, positive, singular], vackrare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], vackraste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], vackra [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], vackrare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], vackraste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. beautiful
    Sense id: en-vacker-sv-adj-xqFCfXEZ
  2. pretty, handsome (of an amount or the like)
    Sense id: en-vacker-sv-adj-sUN2KF8q Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vacker som en dag Related terms: skön (english: fair), snygg (english: good-looking)

Inflected forms

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