nykter

Swedish

Adjective

nykter (comparative nyktrare, superlative nyktrast)

  1. sober (not drunk)
    När han, spiknykter, kom hem, satte han sig att sy med förtviflans fart.
    When he, fully sober, got home, he sat down to sew with a desperate speed.
  2. sober, abstaining (who doesn't drink)
    Den orättfärdige övar ej orätt mer, tjuven blir ärlig, lögnaren blir sann, svärjaren blir kvitt sin last och drinkarens händer fatta icke mer om glaset. Han har blivit nykter.
    The unrighteous makes no more evil, the thief becomes honest, the liar turns true, the swearer is acquitted of his vice and the drunkard's hands do no longer grasp the glass. He has become sober.
  3. sober; realistic, self-controlled, down-to-earth
    Det gäller att anlägga en nykter syn på denna sak.
    It is important to take a sober view on this issue.

Declension

Inflection of nykter
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular nykter nyktrare nyktrast
neuter singular nyktert nyktrare nyktrast
plural nyktra nyktrare nyktrast
masculine plural2 nyktre nyktrare nyktrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 nyktre nyktrare nyktraste
all nyktra nyktrare nyktraste

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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: nykter
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nykter

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