jäkel
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
First attested in 1508 as dyäkel. Compare German Low German Deiker. Similar to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækel.
Noun edit
jäkel c
- Euphemistic form of jävel.
- Din jäkel!
- You bastard!
- Han är en jäkel på tennis
- He's a hell of a tennis player (a devil at tennis)
Usage notes edit
Milder than jävel, but not inoffensive depending on usage.
Declension edit
| Declension of jäkel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | jäkel | jäkeln | jäklar | jäklarna |
| Genitive | jäkels | jäkelns | jäklars | jäklarnas |