snygg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse snøggr, snǫggr from Proto-Norse ᛊᚾᚨᚷᚷᚹᚢ (*snaggwu-). Compare dialectal snögg and Icelandic snöggur. Doublet of snöd.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

snygg (comparative snyggare, superlative snyggast)

1. handsome, good-looking (of a person)
2. clean
3. (slang) cool

Declension

Inflection of snygg
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	snygg	snyggare	snyggast
Neuter singular	snyggt	snyggare	snyggast
Plural	snygga	snyggare	snyggast
Masculine plural3	snygge	snyggare	snyggast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	snygge	snyggare	snyggaste
All	snygga	snyggare	snyggaste
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

Derived terms

• snygghet
• snygging

References

• snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• snygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)