tacksam

Swedish

Etymology

tack +‎ -sam (“-some”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tacksam (comparative tacksammare, superlative tacksammast)

1. grateful

   Antonym: otacksam

   Prinsen var mycket tacksam gentemot prinsessan som räddat hans liv

   The prince was very grateful towards the princess who had saved his life

   Om du kunde göra det idag så vore jag tacksam

   If you could do it today, I would be grateful

2. Giving results with little effort; rewarding

   Tyvärr är han lite för tacksam att driva med

   Unfortunately, it is a bit too easy to get him to go off ("Unfortunately, he is a bit too rewarding to make fun of," in the sense that it easily pays off to those who do it)

   • 2023 May 26, “Kokainets väg till Sverige”, in SVT Nyheter‎, retrieved 27 May 2023:

     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	superlative1
common singular	tacksam	tacksammare	tacksammast
neuter singular	tacksamt	tacksammare	tacksammast
plural	tacksamma	tacksammare	tacksammast
masculine plural2	tacksamme	tacksammare	tacksammast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	tacksamme	tacksammare	tacksammaste
all	tacksamma	tacksammare	tacksammaste

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.

Synonyms

• tacknämlig

Related terms

• tacksamhet

Further reading

• tacksam in Svensk ordbok.