tacknämlig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish thaknämlika. Equivalent to tack + -näm + -lig. Cognate of Danish taknemmelig (or taknemlig) and Norwegian Bokmål takknemlig.
Adjective edit
tacknämlig (not comparable)
- that one should be grateful for; commendable, (as an adverb) thankfully
- Det vore tacknämligt om jag fick en glass
- It would be commendable / I would be grateful if I got an ice cream
- en köttätande parasit som tacknämligt nog inte existerar i Sverige
- a carnivorous parasite that thankfully [enough] does not exist in Sweden
- (dated) gratifying
- Så mycket tacknämligare är det då att ...
- It is all the more gratifying then to ...
Declension edit
| Inflection of tacknämlig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | tacknämlig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | tacknämligt | — | — |
| Plural | tacknämliga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | tacknämlige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | tacknämlige | — | — |
| All | tacknämliga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
References edit
- tacknämlig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tacknämlig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tacknämlig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tacknämlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)