snygg

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
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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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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