fager

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre, comparative fagrere, superlative (predicative) fagrest, superlative (attributive) fagreste)

  1. (poetic) fair, pretty, wonderful

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fager

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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fager (comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)

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

Declension

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Inflection of fager
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fager fagrare fagrast
Neuter singular fagert fagrare fagrast
Plural fagra fagrare fagrast
Masculine plural3 fagre fagrare fagrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fagre fagrare fagraste
All fagra fagrare fagraste
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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