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
- fair (of good appearance), pretty
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective
fager
- fair (of good appearance), pretty
Derived terms
- fagergås
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to English fair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɡɛr/
Adjective
fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)
- fair (of good appearance), pretty
Derived terms
- fagerdom
- fagerdros
- fagerdrós
- fagergås
- fagerleik
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)
- (dated) fair (of good appearance), pretty
Declension
| Inflection of fager | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fager | fagrare | fagrast |
| Neuter singular | fagert | fagrare | fagrast |
| Plural | fagra | 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. | |||
Related terms
- fägring
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Adjective
fager (comparative fegär or fäger, supine fegst or fägst)
- fair (of good appearance), pretty
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