jäkla

Swedish

Alternative forms

• djäkla

Etymology

From jäkel. Compare Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækla and Danish jækelig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

jäkla (uninflected, attributive only)

1. Euphemistic form of jävla.

Usage notes

Milder than jävla, but not to the point of being completely inoffensive depending on usage. Somewhere around English damn.

See also

• jäklas
• jäklig

References

• jäkla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jäkla in Svensk ordbok (SO)