tjock

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish thiokker, thiukker, from Old Norse þykkr, þjukkr, þjokkr, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tégus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɔk/

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Adjective

tjock (comparative tjockare, superlative tjockast)

1. thick
2. fat (overweight)

Usage notes

• Dialectally in Finland, the comparative and superlative forms tjöckre and tjöckst are also found.

Declension

Inflection of tjock

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	tjock	tjockare	tjockast
neuter singular	tjockt	tjockare	tjockast
plural	tjocka	tjockare	tjockast
masculine plural2	tjocke	tjockare	tjockast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	tjocke	tjockare	tjockaste
all	tjocka	tjockare	tjockaste

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

• Tjockhult
• tjocka släkten
• tjockhet
• tjockis
• tjocklek
• tjockolja

See also

• cok

References

• tjock in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjock in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tjock in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tjock (böjn.) in Finlandssvensk ordbok