fager

See also: Fager

Danish

From Old Norse fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with Norwegian and Swedish fager, Icelandic fagur, English fair.

fager

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

fager

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

fager (neuter fagert, plural fagre, comparative fagrare, superlative fagrast)

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

fager (comparative fagerare, superlative fagerast)

Inflection of fager
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	fager	fagrare	fagrast
Neuter singular	fagert	fagrare	fagrast
Plural	fagra	fagrare	fagrast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	fagre	fagrare	fagraste
All	fagra	fagrare	fagraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

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

fager (comparative fegär or fäger, supine fegst or fägst)

Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fager”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 123

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