Adjective: fräck
Hyphenation:
Definite Forms
Singular Masculine
fräcke
All Other Forms
fräcka
Comparison Forms
Comparative
| Indefinite | fräckare |
| Definite | fräckare |
Superlative
| Indefinite | fräckast |
| Definite | fräckaste |
Perifrastic Comparison Forms
Sample Sentences
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Hon är inte lite fräck som vågar sig hit efter vad hon gjorde (She's got a lot of nerve coming here ("She is not a little (is very) brazen that dares herself here ...") after what she did)
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Vilken fräck kommentar! Så säger man inte till sin egen mamma! (What a rude comment! You don't talk like that to your own mother!)
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en fräck bankkupp (a brazen bank heist)
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Vilken fräck bil! (What a cool car!)
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– Vi fick pizza som tack. – Fräckt! (– We got pizza as thanks. – Nice!)
Adjectives inflected like fräck
ordfattig,
sjövärdig,
syndig,
synlig,
urmodig,
syrlig,
snövit,
snörik,
snårig,
snäsig,
seriös,
sedlig,
snuvig,
snusig,
snipig,
snorig,
saftig,
sandig,
saklig,
definitiv, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Old Swedish fræker, from Old Norse frekr (“greedy, assertive, pushy”); see also Icelandic frekur, German frech.
2. Modern sense largely derive from German influense, but Old Norse sense survive in regional dialects, like Dalecarlian language. See: German Adjectives '
frech'.
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