snäll

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɛlː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse snjallr; compare with Norwegian Bokmål snill, Danish snild.

Adjective

snäll (comparative snällare, superlative snällast)

  1. kind, nice
    Synonyms: bussig, gemytlig, god, godhjärtad, godmodig, hjälpsam, hygglig, rar, trevlig, tillmötesgående, välmenande, fridsam, reko, schysst
    Antonyms: elak, ond, ondskefull, dum, taskig, illvillig, illasinnad
    en snäll man
    a kind man
    Det var snällt av dig
    That was kind of you
    Ge mig en kaka är du snäll ("är du snäll" (are you kind) is idiomatic)
    Could you be so kind and give me a cookie, please?
  2. nice, obedient (from notion of being kind (from someone's perspective))
    Synonyms: beskedlig, foglig, lydig, medgörlig, väluppfostrad
    Antonym: stygg
    Var nu en snäll flicka, Anna, och gör som mamma säger!
    Be a nice girl, Anna, and do as mom say!
Declension
Inflection of snäll
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular snäll snällare snällast
Neuter singular snällt snällare snällast
Plural snälla snällare snällast
Masculine plural3 snälle snällare snällast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 snälle snällare snällaste
All snälla snällare snällaste
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
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from German schnell. The adaptation was influenced by etymology 1.

Adjective

snäll (comparative snällare, superlative snällast)

  1. (archaic except in some compounds) fast
    snälltåg
    high-speed rail
Declension
Inflection of snäll
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular snäll snällare snällast
Neuter singular snällt snällare snällast
Plural snälla snällare snällast
Masculine plural3 snälle snällare snällast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 snälle snällare snällaste
All snälla snällare snällaste
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

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