Swedish adjective

fuktig

moist, damp

Meaning

moist; damp

In Swedish: lätt våt, lite blöt

Forms

Forms of fuktig
Basic formfuktigwith en-words
Neuterfuktigtwith ett-words
Plural and definitefuktigaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativefuktigare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativefuktigast“-est”, “most …”

Practise fuktig

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What does fuktig mean?

fuktig in a sentence

  • fuktig av svett
    damp with sweat
  • en fuktig trasa
    a damp cloth
  • fuktigt väder
    humid weather
  • fuktig mejmej
    dank 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