jäkel

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • djäkel

Etymology

First attested in 1508 as dyäkel. Compare German Low German Deiker. Similar to Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk jækel.

Noun

jäkel c

  1. Euphemistic form of jävel.
    Din jäkel!
    You bastard!
    Han är en jäkel på tennis
    He's a hell of a tennis player (a devil at tennis)

Usage notes

Milder than jävel, but not inoffensive depending on usage.

Declension
Declension of jäkel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative jäkel jäkeln jäklar jäklarna
Genitive jäkels jäkelns jäklars jäklarnas

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