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Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Danish faghær, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, cognate with Norwegian fager, Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faːˀɣər/, [ˈfæˀjɐ], [ˈfæˀɐ]

Adjective

fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre)

  1. (sometimes ironic) fair, pretty, wonderful
    Synonyms: vakker, væn, smuk

Inflection

More information positive, comparative ...

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

Adjective

fager

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

Derived terms

  • fagergås

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • fagr (alternative spelling)
  • fagur, feger, fair’e

Etymology

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to English fair.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare or (pre-1939) fegre, superlative fagrast or (pre-1939) fegst)

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

Derived terms

  • andletsfager
  • augnefager
  • barmfager
  • biletfager
  • bjartfager
  • bråfager
  • disfager
  • draumfager
  • dronningfager
  • duftfager
  • dåmfager
  • englefager
  • eventyrfager
  • fagerdom
  • fagerdrós
  • fagerdros
  • fagergås
  • fagerleik
  • faksfager
  • filmfager
  • fjellfager
  • fjørfager
  • formfager
  • fotfager
  • fullfager
  • gjetordsfager
  • gjønfager
  • gråtfager
  • gullfager
  • hårfager
  • jentefager
  • letfager, litfager
  • manfager
  • naturfager
  • naudfager
  • ovfager
  • puppefager
  • sjøfager
  • sjåfager
  • ufager
  • underfager
  • vårfager

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fagher, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).

Adjective

fager (comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)

  1. (dated or poetic) fair (of good appearance), pretty

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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.

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