/snɛlː/
UrsprungFrom Old Norse snjallr; compare with Norwegian Bokmål snill, Danish snild.
- kind, nice
“en snäll man” — a kind man
“Det var snällt av dig” — That was kind of you
“Ge mig en kaka är du snäll ("är du snäll" (are you kind) is idiomatic)” — Could you be so kind and give me a cookie, please?
- nice, obedient (from notion of being kind (from someone's perspective))
“Var nu en snäll flicka, Anna, och gör som mamma säger!” — Be a nice girl, Anna, and do as mom says!
- obsoletequick, swift
“Döden han är ehn Jägare snäll,
som ingen man kan vndlöpa.
i dag tahr han ehn, i morgon fäm,
så mon werlden uthöda,
orsaken hwij kämpar alla falla segerlöse.” — Death is a swift hunter
whom no man can escape.
Today he takes one, tomorrow five,
thus will the world perish.
The reason why all warriors fall without victory.
- obsoletewise
“Sij, iagh sender idher såsom fåår jbland vlffuar. Warer för then skul snelle såsom Ormar, och enfållighe som duffuor.” — Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- fast
“snälltåg” — high-speed rail
Formersnällare(comparative) · snällast(superlative) · snäll(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · snällare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · snällast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · snällt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · snällare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · snällast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · snälla(indefinite, plural, positive) · snällare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · snällast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · snälle(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · snällare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · snällast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · snälle(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · snällare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · snällaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · snälla(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · snällare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · snällaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)