käck
See also: kack
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German keck (“spirited, cheeky, lively”). Doublet of kvick.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɕɛkː/
- Homophones: check, tjeck (in accents that don't differentiate between short e and ä)
Adjective edit
käck (comparative käckare, superlative käckast)
- bright, lively, keen, plucky
- 2016, Nils Edvard Hammarstedt, translation of Tacitus' Germania, Ch. 13:
- Stor är ock tävlan såväl mellan följesmännen om närmaste platsen hos hövdingen som mellan hövdingarna om de flesta och käckaste följesmännen
- Great is also the competition amid followers for the closest place next to the chieftain, and the same goes amid the chieftains regarding who shall have the most and keenest followers
- 2016, Nils Edvard Hammarstedt, translation of Tacitus' Germania, Ch. 13:
Declension edit
Inflection of käck | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | käck | käckare | käckast |
Neuter singular | käckt | käckare | käckast |
Plural | käcka | käckare | käckast |
Masculine plural3 | käcke | käckare | käckast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | käcke | käckare | käckaste |
All | käcka | käckare | käckaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Further reading edit
- käck in Svensk ordbok.