Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

otäck

nasty

Meaning

nasty

In Swedish: obehaglig el. skrämmande

Forms

Forms of otäck
Basic form	otäck	with en-words
Neuter	otäckt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	otäcka	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	otäckare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	otäckast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does otäck mean?

otäck in a sentence

otäcka våldsscener
awful scenes of violence

Questions

What does otäck mean in English?

otäck means “nasty”.

Origin

o- (“un-”) + täck (“pretty; beautiful”).

Nearby common words

otäck is number 3,699 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,695kampanj campaign
3,696fattas be missing (short, lacking)
3,697missta mistake
3,698snoka pry, poke
3,700kändis celebrity
3,701ceremoni ceremony
3,702övervåning upper floor
3,703cigarr cigar

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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