Swedish adjective· top 1,000 most common

snygg

good-looking, handsome, pretty, beautifull/snʏɡː/

Meaning

good-looking; handsome; pretty; beautifull; beautiful; Quarrell; neat, tidy; fine, nice

In Swedish: vacker, stilig

Forms

Forms of snygg
Basic form	snygg	with en-words
Neuter	snyggt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	snygga	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	snyggare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	snyggast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does snygg mean?

snygg in a sentence

en snygg kille
a good-looking boy
ett snyggt mål
a good goal
hålla snyggt omkring sig
keep one's things nice and tidy
snyggt och prydligt
neat and tidy
Gud så snygg han är!
God, he's so handsome!
en snygg bil
a nice-looking car
att klä sig snyggt
to dress well ("in a nice-looking way")

Questions

What does snygg mean in English?

snygg means “good-looking, handsome”.

Origin

From Old Norse snøggr, snǫggr from Proto-Norse ᛊᚾᚨᚷᚹᚢ (*snaggwu-).

Nearby common words

snygg is number 583 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

579nytt newly
580undan away, out of the way
581allihop everybody, everybody, everyone, all people
582möta meet, meet, pass
584miss miss, mistake
585stänga close, shut
586rest rest, remainder
587snäll good, good-natured

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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