snabb

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from the stem of Middle High German snaben (“to hurry”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /snab/

Adjective

snabb (comparative snabbare, superlative snabbast)

fast, quick
Synonyms: ferm, hurtig, kvick
(electricity, electronics) fast, fast-blow (of a fuse)

Declension

Inflection of **snabb**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	snabb	snabbare	snabbast
neuter singular	snabbt	snabbare	snabbast
plural	snabba	snabbare	snabbast
masculine plural²	snabbe	snabbare	snabbast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	snabbe	snabbare	snabbaste
all	snabba	snabbare	snabbaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Alternative forms

snapp (dialectal)

Derived terms

Related terms

snabbhet

References

^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snabb”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 807

[1] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snabb”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 807

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