otäck
Swedish
Etymology
o- (“un-”) + täck (“pretty; beautiful”). From Old Swedish othäkker, from Old Norse þekkr (“pleasing”).
Adjective
otäck (comparative otäckare, superlative otäckast)
- unpleasant
- frightening
Declension
| Inflection of otäck | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | otäck | otäckare | otäckast |
| Neuter singular | otäckt | otäckare | otäckast |
| Plural | otäcka | otäckare | otäckast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | otäcke | otäckare | otäckaste |
| All | otäcka | otäckare | otäckaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
References
- otäck in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- otäck in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- otäck in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)