Swedish adjective· top 500 most common

vacker

beautiful/ˈvak.kɛr/

Meaning

beautiful

In Swedish: behaglig att se el. höra

Forms

Forms of vacker
Basic form	vacker	with en-words
Neuter	vackert	with ett-words
Plural and definite	vackra	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	vackrare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	vackrast	“-est”, “most …”

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What does vacker mean?

vacker in a sentence

en vacker flicka
a beautiful girl
vacker musik
beautiful music
vackert väder
beautiful weather

Expressions

en vacker dag
one fine day
vackert!
well done!

Questions

What does vacker mean in English?

vacker means “beautiful”.

Similar words

fagerfalgrannljuvskönmycket finskönhet

Where the course teaches it

Brukar: talking about usual habits in Swedish
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Norse vakr (“wakeful, watchful; brave”), from Proto-Germanic *wakraz (“awake”).

Nearby common words

vacker is number 458 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

454vilka which ones, which, who, whom, what a; plural form of vilken
455skjuta shoot, fire
456räcka be enough, last
457hen A third-person singular pronoun of unspecified gender; they, thon; alternative to hon (“she”) and han (“he”).
459bryr care
460mat food
461ännu yet, still
462oroa worry

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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