tacksam

Swedish

Etymology

tack +‎ -sam (“-some”)

Pronunciation
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Adjective

tacksam (comparative tacksammare, superlative tacksammast)

  1. 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
  2. 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
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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