Swedish

Noun

jätte c

1. jotun; a mythical humanoid creature of very great size
2. giant

Declension

Usage notes

• The word is frequently used as a prefix to adjectives and adverbs, where it gives an emphatic meaning: stor = "big", but jättestor = "enormous"; ofta = "often", jätteofta = "very often". Also used when the compound may sound like an oxymoron: liten = "small" or "tiny", but jätteliten = "very tiny".