fuktig
Meaning
moist; damp
In Swedish: lätt våt, lite blöt
Forms
| Basic form | fuktig | with en-words |
|---|---|---|
| Neuter | fuktigt | with ett-words |
| Plural and definite | fuktiga | plural nouns, and after den / det / de |
| Comparative | fuktigare | “-er”, “more …” |
| Superlative | fuktigast | “-est”, “most …” |
Practise fuktig
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fuktig in a sentence
- fuktig av svettdamp with sweat
- en fuktig trasaa damp cloth
- fuktigt väderhumid weather
- fuktig mejmejdank meme
Questions
What does fuktig mean in English?
fuktig means “moist, damp”.
Origin
From Middle Low German vuchtich (“moist”), derived from vucht (“moist, moisture”), from Old Saxon *fūht, from Proto-West Germanic *fų̄ht.
Nearby common words
fuktig is number 5,559 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,555handtag a handle, a hand (help with something that takes only moments, like getting a baby carriage off a bus)
- 5,556avvikelse divergence, deviation
- 5,557dagis diminutive for day nursery
- 5,558evakuering evacuation
- 5,560söva send to sleep
- 5,561bortrest out of town; away from home (and workplace)
- 5,562drunknad drowned
- 5,563stycka cut up, divide into lots, parcel out
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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

