prakt

A loan translation from the Middle Low German pracht and later from the Danish pragt. Compare the archaic compounds hofprakt and hoffrakt.

• IPA^(key): /pʰraxt/
• Rhymes: -axt

prakt f (genitive singular praktar, no plural)

1. glory

• pomp og prakt
• praktugur

prakt f or m (definite singular prakta or prakten, uncountable)

1. pomp, glory, splendour, magnificence

• pomp og prakt

From Middle Low German pracht, from Old High German braht (“crackling noise”), from Proto-Germanic *brahtaz (“cracking, snapping”), referring to the sound of applause. Influenced by German prangen (“to show off”).

prakt c

1. splendor, glory (grand beauty)

   Nu står äntligen julgranen där i all sin prakt

   Now the Christmas tree is [stands] finally there in all its glory

   • 2001, Finntroll, “Aldhissla”, in Jaktens tid [Time of the Hunt]‎^[1]:

     Månen skiner över Nordens land, skogen står i sin mörka prakt. Aldhissla vandrar över fjäll och slätt. Evigt han vakar, betraktar denna tysta och nattliga trakt. Sitter i sin grotta, bevakar sin gyllene skatt. Sitt hem fyllt av mörker och is. Detta underjordiska land, riket av evig natt. Mästaren Aldhissla. Mästaren Aldhissla. Mästaren Aldhissla, trollet som allting hör. Mästaren Aldhissla, ondska som aldrig dör.

     The moon shines over the lands of the North, the forest stands in its dark splendor. Aldhissla wanders over mountain and plain. Eternally he keeps watch, observes these quiet and nocturnal parts [this quiet and nocturnal trakt]. Sits in his cave, guards [by watching over] his golden treasure. His home filled with darkness and ice. This underground land, the realm of eternal night. [The] Master Aldhissla. [The] Master Aldhissla. [The] Master Aldhissla, the troll that hears everything. [The] Master Aldhissla, evil that never dies.

• präktig

• prakt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• prakt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• prakt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)