fräck
Meaning
shameless; brazen; insolent; striking
In Swedish: oförskämd, skamlös
Forms
| Basic form | fräck | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | fräckt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | fräcka | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | fräckare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | fräckast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise fräck
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fräck in a sentence
- han gick helt fräckt före i könquite brazenly, he jumped the queue
- en fräck historiaa dirty story (joke)
- en fräck klänninga striking dress
- Hon är inte lite fräck som vågar sig hit efter vad hon gjordeShe's got a lot of nerve coming here ("She is not a little (is very) brazen that dares herself here ...") after what she did
- Vilken fräck kommentar! Så säger man inte till sin egen mamma!What a rude comment! You don't talk like that to your own mother!
- en fräck bankkuppa brazen bank heist
- Vilken fräck bil!What a cool car!
- – Vi fick pizza som tack. – Fräckt!– We got pizza as thanks. – Nice!
Questions
What does fräck mean in English?
fräck means “shameless, brazen”.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish fræker, from Old Norse frekr (“greedy, assertive, pushy”); see also Icelandic frekur, German frech.
Nearby common words
fräck is number 3,247 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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