Tillräckligt

Tillräckligt is a Swedish word meaning "enough" or "sufficient." It functions mainly as an adverb indicating sufficiency and as a predicative or quantifying modifier in noun phrases. It is commonly used with the preposition med to specify quantity, as in tillräckligt med pengar. In everyday language it expresses adequacy without stating a precise amount, for example: Det räcker till, Det är tillräckligt bra.

Grammatical forms and usage: tillräcklig is the attributive form used with common gender nouns in singular (en tillräcklig mängd, en tillräcklig summa) and tillräckligt is the neuter singular form used predicatively (Det är tillräckligt) or before a neuter noun in certain constructions (ett tillräckligt bra resultat). Plural attributive form is tillräckliga (tillräckliga resurser). As an adverb, tillräckligt can modify adjectives (tillräckligt bra) or verbs, reinforcing the sense of sufficiency. In negative contexts, inte tillräckligt means “not enough.”

Etymology and related terms: tillräckligt is formed from till- plus räcklig, with räcka meaning to suffice; the suffix -lig yields the adjective sense. Related forms appear in other Nordic languages, such as Norwegian tilstrekkelig and Danish tilstrækkelig. Common antonyms include otillräcklig (insufficient) and bristfällig (deficient). The expression tillräckligt med is a frequent collocation for indicating an adequate quantity in both spoken and written Swedish.