Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

ful

ugly, nasty, foul/fʉːl/

Meaning

ugly; nasty; foul

In Swedish: inte vacker att se på

Forms

Forms of ful
Basic form	ful	with en-words
Neuter	fult	with ett-words
Plural and definite	fula	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	fulare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	fulast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does ful mean?

ful in a sentence

ful som ett troll
ugly as sin
fula ord
foul (bad) language
en ful tackling
a foul tackle
Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett
That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen
en ful melodi
an ugly melody
ett fult knep
a dirty trick
Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling
Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle
ett fult ord
a bad word

Questions

What does ful mean in English?

ful means “ugly, nasty”.

Similar words

groteskanskrämligosmakligt utseendevederstygglig

Origin

From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

Nearby common words

ful is number 1,290 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,286försvara defend
1,287äldre older, elderly
1,288ej not
1,289stilla calm, quiet
1,291insåg realized, realised
1,292utnyttja make use of
1,293system system
1,294klient client

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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