schysst

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French juste.

Adjective

schysst (comparative schysstare, superlative schysstast)

  1. (informal, of a person) nice, helpful
    Antonym: oschysst
    Han är en schysst snubbe
    He's a nice guy
    Schysst att du hjälpte till!
    Nice of you to help!
  2. (colloquial) good, nice
    De brukar spelar schysst musik
    They usually play good music
    De har schyssta burgare
    They have nice burgers
    Så du klarade uppkörningen? Schysst!
    So you passed your driving test? Cool!
  3. fair, not involving trickery, deceit, or unjustness
    Antonym: oschysst
    ett schysst avtal
    a fair agreement
    Deras hemsida ser konstig ut. Är det där verkligen en schysst firma?
    Their homepage looks weird. Is that really a trustworthy ("fair-playing") company?
    en schysst tackling
    a fair tackle (in soccer)

Usage notes

Despite being the most common spelling, schysst still only appears in Svensk ordbok (SO) and not in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL). The recommended spelling for a long time was sjyst, but has not taken off. See this DN article for some background.

Declension

Inflection of schysst
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular schysst schysstare schysstast
Neuter singular schysst schysstare schysstast
Plural schyssta schysstare schysstast
Masculine plural3 schysste schysstare schysstast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 schysste schysstare schysstaste
All schyssta schysstare schysstaste
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

References

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