föga

See also: foga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fögha, fögho, föghe (“fitting, ingenious, moderate, slight, little”); like Danish føje from Middle Low German vôge (“appropriate, moderate”), from Old Saxon fogian. Doublet of foga.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

föga

little, small, not much, slight

Adverb

föga

little, not very, hardly
Det är föga förvånande
It is hardly surprising

ett föga använt ord
a little-used word

References

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

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