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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish fögha, fögho, föghe (“fitting, ingenious, moderate, slight, little”); like Danish føje from Middle Low German vôge (“appropriate, moderate”), from Old Saxon fogian. Doublet of foga.
Pronunciation
Adjective
föga
- little, small, not much, slight
Adverb
föga
- little, not very, hardly
Det är föga förvånande- It is hardly surprising
ett föga använt ord- a little-used word
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