olycklig

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Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ lycklig (“happy”) or olycka (“accident”) +‎ -lig (“-ly, -y”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²uːˌlʏklɪ(ɡ)/
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Adjective

olycklig

  1. (relating to a person or animal) unhappy, sad, discontented
    Det är svårt att vara olyckligare än vad jag är just nu.
    It’s hard to be more unhappy than I am right now.
    ett olyckligt liv
    an unhappy life
  2. (of a situation, etc.) unfortunate
    Det här är en mycket olycklig situation.
    This is a very unfortunate situation.

Declension

Inflection of olycklig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular olycklig olyckligare olyckligast
neuter singular olyckligt olyckligare olyckligast
plural olyckliga olyckligare olyckligast
masculine plural2 olycklige olyckligare olyckligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 olycklige olyckligare olyckligaste
all olyckliga olyckligare olyckligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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