"viktig" meaning in Swedish

See viktig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /²vɪktɪ(ɡ)/ Audio: Sv-viktig.ogg
Etymology: vikt + -ig. Cognate with English weighty (“important”). Etymology templates: {{suf|sv|vikt|ig}} vikt + -ig, {{cog|en|weighty|t=important}} English weighty (“important”) Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective|||comparative|viktigare|superlative|viktigast||f2accel-form=comparative|f3accel-form=superlative|head=|sort=}} viktig (comparative viktigare, superlative viktigast), {{sv-adj}} viktig (comparative viktigare, superlative viktigast) Forms: viktigare [comparative], viktigast [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], viktig [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive], viktigare [comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], viktigast [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative], viktigt [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], viktigare [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], viktigast [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], viktiga [indefinite, plural, positive], viktigare [comparative, indefinite, plural], viktigast [indefinite, plural, superlative], viktige [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive], viktigare [archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural], viktigast [archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative], viktige [definite, masculine, positive, singular], viktigare [comparative, definite, masculine, singular], viktigaste [definite, masculine, singular, superlative], viktiga [definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive], viktigare [comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form], viktigaste [definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative]
  1. important
    Sense id: en-viktig-sv-adj-NKmJ6z4i
  2. pompous; self-important (compare obsolete English sense of important)
    Sense id: en-viktig-sv-adj-4IXIQaDZ Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -ig Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -ig: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "högviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jätteviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "livsviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "riksviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "samhällsviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "systemviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "viktighet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "skitviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "småviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "struntviktig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "viktigpetter"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "vikt",
      "vikt#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "-ig",
      "-ig#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "weighty",
      "weighty#English"
    ]
  ],
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      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "t": "important"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "vikt + -ig. Cognate with English weighty (“important”).",
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    {
      "form": "viktigare",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "viktigast",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "superlative"
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    {
      "form": "viktiga",
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    },
    {
      "form": "viktigare",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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    },
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "comparative",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "viktigast",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "expansion": "viktig (comparative viktigare, superlative viktigast)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
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              7,
              14
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              6,
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          "english": "It is important to have the right clothes and equipment in the mountains",
          "text": "Det är viktigt att ha rätt kläder och utrustning i fjällen",
          "translation": "It is important to have the right clothes and equipment in the mountains",
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              3,
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              3,
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          "english": "an important issue",
          "text": "en viktig fråga",
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              9,
              15
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              8,
              17
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          "text": "spela en viktig roll",
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              0,
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          "english": "important to remember",
          "text": "viktigt att komma ihåg",
          "translation": "important to remember",
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        }
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "19 81",
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              13,
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          "english": "an arrogant, self-important guy",
          "text": "en arrogant, viktig typ",
          "translation": "an arrogant, self-important guy",
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              9,
              15
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              28,
              37
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          "english": "put on a show [make oneself important]",
          "text": "göra sig viktig",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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          "pompous"
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          "self-important"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/²vɪktɪ(ɡ)/"
    },
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish adjectives",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "högviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "jätteviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "oviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "riksviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "samhällsviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "systemviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "viktighet"
    },
    {
      "word": "skitviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "småviktig"
    },
    {
      "word": "struntviktig"
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    }
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    {
      "form": "viktigast",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
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        "singular"
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          "english": "It is important to have the right clothes and equipment in the mountains",
          "text": "Det är viktigt att ha rätt kläder och utrustning i fjällen",
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          "english": "put on a show [make oneself important]",
          "text": "göra sig viktig",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for viktig meaning in Swedish (5.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.