tacksam
Swedish
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Adjective
tacksam (comparative tacksammare, superlative tacksammast)
- grateful
- Antonym: otacksam
- Prinsen var mycket tacksam gentemot prinsessan som räddat hans liv
- The prince was very grateful towards the princess who had saved his life
- Om du kunde göra det idag så vore jag tacksam
- If you could do it today, I would be grateful
- Giving results with little effort; rewarding
- Tyvärr är han lite för tacksam att driva med
- Unfortunately, it is a bit too easy to get him to go off ("Unfortunately, he is a bit too rewarding to make fun of," in the sense that it easily pays off to those who do it)
- 2023 May 26, “Kokainets väg till Sverige”, in SVT Nyheter, retrieved 2023-05-27:
- Bananer fraktas i kylcontainrar som har mycket tjockare väggar, och det gör att de är väldigt tacksamma att gömma kokainet i.
- Bananas are shipped in chilled containers which have much thicker walls, and this makes them very rewarding to hide cocaine in.
Inflection
Inflection of tacksam | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tacksam | tacksammare | tacksammast |
Neuter singular | tacksamt | tacksammare | tacksammast |
Plural | tacksamma | tacksammare | tacksammast |
Masculine plural3 | tacksamme | tacksammare | tacksammast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tacksamme | tacksammare | tacksammaste |
All | tacksamma | tacksammare | tacksammaste |
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 |
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Further reading
- tacksam in Svensk ordbok.
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