kvick

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish qvikker, qviker, from Old Norse kvikr (whence also Norwegian Bokmål kvikk, Norwegian Nynorsk kvik, Icelandic kvikur and Faroese kvikur), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also English quick. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

kvick (comparative kvickare, superlative kvickast)

1. quick, fast

   Synonyms: ferm, rask, snabb

2. witty

   Synonym: fyndig

Declension

Inflection of kvick

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kvick	kvickare	kvickast
neuter singular	kvickt	kvickare	kvickast
plural	kvicka	kvickare	kvickast
masculine plural2	kvicke	kvickare	kvickast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kvicke	kvickare	kvickaste
all	kvicka	kvickare	kvickaste

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.

References

• “kvick”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kvick”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kvick”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)