jäkel
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Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1508 as dyäkel. Compare German Low German Deiker. Similar to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækel.
Noun
[edit]jäkel c
- Euphemistic form of jävel.
- Din jäkel!
- You bastard!
- Han är en jäkel på tennis
- He's a hell of a tennis player (a devil at tennis)
Usage notes
[edit]Milder than jävel, but not inoffensive depending on usage.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of jäkel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | jäkel | jäkeln | jäklar | jäklarna |
| Genitive | jäkels | jäkelns | jäklars | jäklarnas |