otacksam

Swedish

Etymology

o- (“un-”) +‎ tacksam (“grateful”)

Adjective

otacksam (comparative otacksammare, superlative otacksammast)

1. ungrateful

   Han var otacksam

   He was ungrateful

2. thankless

   en otacksam uppgift

   a thankless task

Declension

Inflection of otacksam

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	otacksam	otacksammare	otacksammast
neuter singular	otacksamt	otacksammare	otacksammast
plural	otacksamma	otacksammare	otacksammast
masculine plural2	otacksamme	otacksammare	otacksammast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	otacksamme	otacksammare	otacksammaste
all	otacksamma	otacksammare	otacksammaste

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.

Antonyms

• tacksam

Related terms

• otack (“ingratitude”)
• otacksamhet (“ingratitude”)

References

• otacksam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• otacksam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)