fager

See also: Fager

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish faghær, from Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, cognate with Norwegian fager, Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faːˀɣər/, [ˈfæˀjɐ], [ˈfæˀɐ]

Adjective

fager (neuter fagert, plural and definite singular attributive fagre, comparative fagrere, superlative (predicative) fagrest, superlative (attributive) fagreste)

1. (poetic) fair, pretty, wonderful

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

Alternative forms

• fagr (alternative spelling)
• fagur, feger, fair’e

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹faːɡər/

Adjective

fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare or (pre-1939) fegre, superlative fagrast or (pre-1939) fegst)

1. fair (of good appearance), pretty

Derived terms

• andletsfager
• augnefager
• barmfager
• biletfager
• bjartfager
• bråfager
• disfager
• draumfager
• dronningfager
• duftfager
• dåmfager
• englefager
• eventyrfager
• fagerdom
• fagerdrós
• fagerdros
• fagergås
• fagerleik
• faksfager
• filmfager
• fjellfager
• fjørfager
• formfager
• fotfager
• fullfager
• gjetordsfager
• gjønfager
• gråtfager
• gullfager
• hårfager
• jentefager
• letfager, litfager
• manfager
• naturfager
• naudfager
• ovfager
• puppefager
• sjøfager
• sjåfager
• ufager
• underfager
• vårfager

References

• “fager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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 fagrare, superlative fagrast)

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

Declension

Inflection of fager

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	fager	fagrare	fagrast
neuter singular	fagert	fagrare	fagrast
plural	fagra	fagrare	fagrast
masculine plural2	fagre	fagrare	fagrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	fagre	fagrare	fagraste
all	fagra	fagrare	fagraste

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.

Related terms

• fägring

Further reading

• fager in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• fager in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• fagre