Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

olycklig

unhappy, unfortunate/²uːˌlʏklɪ(ɡ)/

Meaning

unhappy; unfortunate

In Swedish: drabbad av olycka, sorgsen

Forms

Forms of olycklig
Basic formolyckligwith en-words
Neuterolyckligtwith ett-words
Plural and definiteolyckligaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativeolyckligare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativeolyckligast“-est”, “most …”

Practise olycklig

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What does olycklig mean?

olycklig in a sentence

  • olyckliga människor
    unhappy (miserable, wretched) people
  • ett olyckligt beslut
    an unfortunate decision
  • Det är svårt att vara olyckligare än vad jag är just nu.
    It’s hard to be more unhappy than I am right now.
  • ett olyckligt liv
    an unhappy life
  • Det här är en mycket olycklig situation.
    This is a very unfortunate situation.

Questions

What does olycklig mean in English?

olycklig means “unhappy, unfortunate”.

Similar words

förtvivladbeklämd

Origin

o- (“un-”) + lycklig (“happy”) or olycka (“accident”) + -lig (“-ly, -y”)

Nearby common words

olycklig is number 2,102 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 2,099helga to hallow, to keep holy, to sanctify
  • 2,100knacka knock
  • 2,101snuten the police (considered collectively)
  • 2,103morfar a mother's father; a maternal grandfather
  • 2,104åratal years (a long period of time)
  • 2,105da eye dialect spelling of då
  • 2,106informera inform
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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