fager
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, cognate with Norwegian fager, Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre, comparative fagrere, superlative (predicative) fagrest, superlative (attributive) fagreste)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective edit
fager
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to English fair.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare or (pre-1939) fegre, superlative fagrast or (pre-1939) fegst)
Derived terms edit
- andletsfager
- augnefager
- barmfager
- biletfager
- bjartfager
- bråfager
- disfager
- draumfager
- dronningfager
- duftfager
- dåmfager
- englefager
- eventyrfager
- fagerdom
- fagerdrós
- fagerdros
- fagergås
- fagerleik
- faksfager
- filmfager
- fjellfager
- fjørfager
- formfager
- fotfager
- fullfager
- gjetordsfager
- gjønfager
- gråtfager
- gullfager
- hårfager
- jentefager
- letfager, litfager
- manfager
- naturfager
- naudfager
- ovfager
- puppefager
- sjøfager
- sjåfager
- ufager
- underfager
- vårfager
References edit
- “fager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish fagher, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective edit
fager (comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)
Declension edit
| Inflection of fager | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fager | fagrare | fagrast |
| Neuter singular | fagert | fagrare | fagrast |
| Plural | fagra | fagrare | fagrast |
| Masculine plural3 | fagre | fagrare | fagrast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fagre | fagrare | fagraste |
| All | fagra | fagrare | fagraste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- fager in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- fager in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)