FromOld Norsevakr(“wakeful, watchful; brave”), fromProto-Germanic*wakraz(“awake”). Cognate withDutchwakker,Danish andNorwegianvakker, among others.
- IPA(key): /ˈvak.kɛr/,[ˈvacːɛ̠r]
vacker (comparativevackrare,superlativevackrast)
- beautiful
1980,Docent Död, “Solglasögon [Sunglasses]”, inDocent [Docent[associate professor, roughly]][1]:Bakom mina solglasögon kan jag va' [vara] mig själv. Allting blir såvackert genom ... Genom mina solglasögon är ljuset alltid gult. Allting känns så riktigt bakom ...- Behind my sunglasses, I can be myself. Everything turns sobeautiful through ... Through my sunglasses, the light is always yellow. Everything feels so right behind ...
1995,Peter Grönvall,Maria Rådsten,Nanne Grönvall, “Det vackraste [The most beautiful thing["thing" from being nominalized]]”[3]performed byCecilia Vennersten:Detvackraste jag vet, är att se dig när du sover. Här råder stilla frid, och jag glömmer både rum och tid. Du ligger här bredvid, och jag känner hur du andas. Att älskas utav dig, är detvackraste för mig.- Themost beautiful thing [nominalized] I know, is to watch [see] you when you sleep. Here is quiet peace, and I forget both space and time. You lie here next to me, and I can feel you breathing. To be loved by you, is themost beautiful thing to me.
- pretty,handsome (of an amount or the like)
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
