fager

See also: Fager

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Norwegian and Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.

Adjective

fager

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑːɡɛr/

Adjective

fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

Derived terms
  • fagerdom
  • fagerdros
  • fagerdrós
  • fagergås
  • fagerleik

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 fagerare, superlative fagerast)

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

Declension
Inflection of fager
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fager fagrare fagrast
Neuter singular fagert fagrare fagrast
Plural fagra 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.
  • fägring

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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

Adjective

fager (comparative fegär or fäger, supine fegst or fägst)

  1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fager”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 123
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