No. 12,735 in Swedish

stackars

"Stackars" means "poor" or "pitiful," used to express sympathy for someone.

In a sentence

Stackars flicka, hon förlorade sitt husdjur.
Poor girl, she lost her pet.
The word 'stackars' is used here as an adjective to express sympathy towards someone in distress.
Stackars oss, vi fastnade i regnet utan paraply.
Poor us, we were caught in the rain without an umbrella.
In this sentence, 'stackars' reflects self-pity or sympathy for a group that includes the speaker.
Han sa inte ett ord, stackars pojke.
He didn’t say a word, poor boy.
Here, 'stackars' emphasizes the speaker's empathy towards an individual due to their unfortunate situation.

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