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glad.

happy, glad (feeling or causing happiness)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡlɑː(d)/

  1. happy, glad (feeling or causing happiness)

    vara på glatt humör
    en glad nyhet

  2. fond of

    colloquial
    vara glad i kvinnor / sprit
    Jag är glad i dig
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish glaþer, from Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, derivation of Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”).

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