Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

elak

nasty, evil, wicked, naughty/ˈeːˌlɑːk/

Meaning

nasty; evil; wicked; naughty

In Swedish: som vill andra människor illa

Forms

Forms of elak
Basic form	elak	with en-words
Neuter	elakt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	elaka	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	elakare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	elakast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does elak mean?

elak in a sentence

hon var elak mot sina små syskon
she was nasty to her younger brothers and sisters

Questions

What does elak mean in English?

elak means “nasty, evil”.

Similar words

styggillvillig

Origin

From Old Swedish elaker, from e- (“always”) + *laker (from Old Norse lakr, cognate with English lack).

Nearby common words

elak is number 1,313 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,309hyra rent, hire
1,310föll fell
1,311äktenskap marriage
1,312träna practise, train
1,314tryck pressure, stress
1,315gräns border, boundary, frontier
1,316mata feed
1,317kött meat, flesh

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary