Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

hemsk

horrible, ghastly, terrible

Meaning

horrible; ghastly; terrible

In Swedish: som inger skräck, förfärlig

Forms

Forms of hemsk
Basic formhemskwith en-words
Neuterhemsktwith ett-words
Plural and definitehemskaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativehemskare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativehemskast“-est”, “most …”

Practise hemsk

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What does hemsk mean?

hemsk in a sentence

  • en hemsk upptäckt
    a shocking discovery
  • hon hade på sig en hemsk rosa klänning
    she was wearing a frightful pink dress
  • Pojken tyckte att filmen var hemsk.
    The boy thought the film was horrifying.
  • Det är hemskt att se djur lida.
    It’s horrible to see suffering animals.
  • Denna planen är så hemsk.
    This is such an evil plan.
  • Nu får jag såna hemska tankar.
    I’m having such dark thoughts right now.
  • Förlåt mig, jag är hemskt ledsen.
    Excuse me, I’m terribly sorry.

Questions

What does hemsk mean in English?

hemsk means “horrible, ghastly”.

Similar words

horribelobehagligrysligförskräckligfruktansvärdförfärligläskigohygglig

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish hemsker (“foolish”), derived from hem (“home”).

Nearby common words

hemsk is number 860 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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