fager
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Norwegian and Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.
Adjective
fager
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective
fager
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to English fair.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)
Derived terms
References
- “fager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fagher, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective
fager (comparative fagerare, superlative fagerast)
Declension
Inflection of fager | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | fager | fagrare | fagrast |
Neuter singular | fagert | fagrare | fagrast |
Plural | fagra | fagrare | fagrast |
Masculine plural3 | fagre | fagrare | fagrast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | fagre | fagrare | fagraste |
All | fagra | fagrare | fagraste |
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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Anagrams
Westrobothnian
Etymology
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Adjective
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References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fager”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 123
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