präktig
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German prächtig. By surface analysis, prakt + -ig. Cognate of Danish prægtig.
Adjective
präktig
- fine, mighty, splendid
- en präktig summa
- a mighty sum
- (of a person) good, upstanding, wholesome
- (derogatory, by ironic extension) goody two-shoes
- Usch vad präktig hon är
- Ugh, she's such a goody two-shoes
Declension
| Inflection of präktig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | präktig | präktigare | präktigast |
| Neuter singular | präktigt | präktigare | präktigast |
| Plural | präktiga | präktigare | präktigast |
| Masculine plural3 | präktige | präktigare | präktigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | präktige | präktigare | präktigaste |
| All | präktiga | präktigare | präktigaste |
| 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 | |||
Related terms
- präktighet
See also
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