Swedish adjective· top 5,000 most common

tjock

thick/ɕɔk/

Meaning

thick

In Swedish: stor på en ledd som är vinkelrät mot längd och bredd

Forms

Forms of tjock
Basic form	tjock	with en-words
Neuter	tjockt	with ett-words
Plural and definite	tjocka	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	tjockare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	tjockast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does tjock mean?

tjock in a sentence

han började bli tjock om midjan
metre-thick walls
en tjock bok
a thick book
en tjock bunt papper
a thick stack of papers
tjock rök
thick smoke

Questions

What does tjock mean in English?

tjock means “thick”.

Similar words

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Origin

From Old Swedish thiokker, thiukker, from Old Norse þykkr, þjukkr, þjokkr, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Nearby common words

tjock is number 2,782 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,778tradition tradition
2,779alibi alibi
2,780lapp patch, notecard
2,781målning painting
2,783sand sand
2,785rasa collapse, rampage
2,786samling gathering, collection
2,787service service, overhaul

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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