läcker
See also: lacker
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German lecker. Compare Icelandic lekker.
Adjective
läcker (comparative läckrare, superlative läckrast)
- delicious, scrumptious, delectable (tasting very good)
- hot (sexually attractive)
- (of an object) very nice, good-looking and in general something one would wish to possess
Usage notes
A bit more colloquial in tone compared to delikat, utsökt, and the like, verging towards scrumptious and the like.
Declension
| Inflection of läcker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | läcker | läckrare | läckrast |
| Neuter singular | läckert | läckrare | läckrast |
| Plural | läckra | läckrare | läckrast |
| Masculine plural3 | läckre | läckrare | läckrast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | läckre | läckrare | läckraste |
| All | läckra | läckrare | läckraste |
| 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
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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