vacker

See also: väcker

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vakr (“wakeful, watchful; brave”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake”). Cognate with Dutch wakker, Danish and Norwegian vakker, among others.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvak.kɛr/, [ˈvacːɛ̠r]

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Adjective

vacker (comparative vackrare, superlative vackrast)

1. beautiful, pretty

   Synonym: skön

Declension

Inflection of vacker
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vacker	vackrare	vackrast
Neuter singular	vackert	vackrare	vackrast
Plural	vackra	vackrare	vackrast
Masculine plural3	vackre	vackrare	vackrast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vackre	vackrare	vackraste
All	vackra	vackrare	vackraste
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

Further reading

• vacker in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• vackre, veckar