snygg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse snøggr, snǫggr from Proto-Norse ᛊᚾᚨᚷᚹᚢ (*snaggwu-). Compare dialectal snögg and Icelandic snöggur. Doublet of snöd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snʏɡː/

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Adjective

snygg (comparative snyggare, superlative snyggast)

1. good-looking, handsome (of a person – equally idiomatic for men and women)

   Gud så snygg han är!

   God, he's so handsome!

   en snygg brud

   a hot chick

2. nice-looking

   en snygg bil

   a nice-looking car

   att klä sig snyggt

   to dress well ("in a nice-looking way")

   Vilken snygg passning!

   What a nice ("nice-looking," often with implied elegance) pass!

   – Jag klarade uppkörningen! – Snyggt!

   – I passed my driving test! – Nice work! (nice-looking deed, figuratively)

3. proper (and clean)

   att hålla köket rent och snyggt

   to keep the kitchen nice and clean ("clean and nice-looking")

Declension

Inflection of snygg
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	snygg	snyggare	snyggast
Neuter singular	snyggt	snyggare	snyggast
Plural	snygga	snyggare	snyggast
Masculine plural3	snygge	snyggare	snyggast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	snygge	snyggare	snyggaste
All	snygga	snyggare	snyggaste
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

Derived terms

• snygga till
• snygga upp
• snygghet
• snygging

Related terms

• osnygg

See also

• fin
• söt

References

• snygg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• snygg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• snygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)