fåfäng

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fafænger, equivalent to past participle of få (“few”) +‎ få (“receive”), thus originally "[which] received little". Compare etymology of eldfängd and befängd. Attested since the mid-14th century in the sense "futile".

Adjective

fåfäng (comparative fåfängare, superlative fåfängast)

  1. vain (overly concerned with one's appearance or reputation)
  2. futile, vain (pointless)
    Synonyms: fruktlös, gagnlös

Declension
Inflection of fåfäng
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fåfäng fåfängare fåfängast
Neuter singular fåfängt fåfängare fåfängast
Plural fåfänga fåfängare fåfängast
Masculine plural3 fåfänge fåfängare fåfängast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fåfänge fåfängare fåfängaste
All fåfänga fåfängare fåfängaste
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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