tacksam

Swedish

Etymology

tack + -sam

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tacksam (comparative tacksammare, superlative tacksammast)

  1. grateful
    Prinsen var mycket tacksam gentemot prinsessan som räddat hans liv.
    The prince was very grateful towards the princess who had saved his life.
    Antonym: otacksam
  2. Giving results with little effort; rewarding
    • 2023 May 26, “Kokainets väg till Sverige”, in SVT Nyheter, retrieved 2023-05-27:
      Bananer fraktas i kylcontainrar som har mycket tjockare väggar, och det gör att de är väldigt tacksamma att gömma kokainet i.
      Bananas are shipped in chilled containers which have much thicker walls, and this makes them very rewarding to hide cocaine in.

Inflection

Inflection of tacksam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tacksam tacksammare tacksammast
Neuter singular tacksamt tacksammare tacksammast
Plural tacksamma tacksammare tacksammast
Masculine plural3 tacksamme tacksammare tacksammast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tacksamme tacksammare tacksammaste
All tacksamma tacksammare tacksammaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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