tjock

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish thiokker, thiukker, from Old Norse þykkr, þjukkr, þjokkr, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɔk/

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Adjective

tjock (comparative tjockare, superlative tjockast)

1. thick
2. overweight, fat

Usage notes

• Dialectally in Finland, the comparative and superlative forms tjöckre and tjöckst are also found.

Declension

Inflection of tjock
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tjock	tjockare	tjockast
Neuter singular	tjockt	tjockare	tjockast
Plural	tjocka	tjockare	tjockast
Masculine plural3	tjocke	tjockare	tjockast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	tjocke	tjockare	tjockaste
All	tjocka	tjockare	tjockaste
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

References

• tjock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjock (böjn.) in Finlandssvensk ordbok