Swedish adjective· top 2,000 most common

tacksam

grateful, rewarding

Meaning

grateful; rewarding

In Swedish: som känner sig ha något att tacka för

Forms

Forms of tacksam
Basic formtacksamwith en-words
Neutertacksamtwith ett-words
Plural and definitetacksammaplural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparativetacksammare“-er”, “more …”
Superlativetacksammast“-est”, “most …”

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What does tacksam mean?

tacksam in a sentence

  • vara tacksam för något
    Be grateful for sth.
  • ett tacksamt arbete
    a rewarding job
  • Prinsen var mycket tacksam gentemot prinsessan som räddat hans liv
    The prince was very grateful towards the princess who had saved his life
  • Om du kunde göra det idag så vore jag tacksam
    If you could do it today, I would be grateful
  • Tyvärr är han lite för tacksam att driva med
    Unfortunately, it is a bit too easy to get him to go off ("Unfortunately, he is a bit too rewarding to make fun of, " in the sense that it easily pays off to those who do it)

Questions

What does tacksam mean in English?

tacksam means “grateful, rewarding”.

Origin

tack + -sam (“-some”)

Nearby common words

tacksam is number 1,596 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