snabb

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from the stem of Middle High German snaben (“to hurry”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /snab/

Adjective

snabb (comparative snabbare, superlative snabbast)

  1. fast, quick
    Synonyms: ferm, hurtig, kvick
  2. (electricity, electronics) fast, fast-blow (of a fuse)

Declension

Inflection of snabb
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular snabb snabbare snabbast
neuter singular snabbt snabbare snabbast
plural snabba snabbare snabbast
masculine plural2 snabbe snabbare snabbast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 snabbe snabbare snabbaste
all snabba snabbare snabbaste

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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References

References

  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “snabb”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok ‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 807
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