snabb
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from the stem of Middle High German snaben (“to hurry”).[1]
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /snab/
Adjective
snabb (comparative snabbare, superlative snabbast)
- fast, quick
- (electricity, electronics) fast, fast-blow (of a fuse)
Declension
| Inflection of snabb | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | snabb | snabbare | snabbast |
| Neuter singular | snabbt | snabbare | snabbast |
| Plural | snabba | snabbare | snabbast |
| Masculine plural3 | snabbe | snabbare | snabbast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | snabbe | snabbare | snabbaste |
| All | snabba | snabbare | snabbaste |
| 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 | |||
Alternative forms
- snapp (dialectal)
Related terms
Further reading
- snabb in Svensk ordbok.
References
- Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snabb”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 807
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