Word
Vem är det som har fräckheten att anklaga mig?
Meaning
Who is it that has the audacity to accuse me?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Vem är det som har fräckheten att anklaga mig?
The current lesson is about using skulle for indignation. How would I apply that to this sentence?
You can replace har with skulle ha to get Vem är det som skulle ha fräckheten att anklaga mig? (Who would have the audacity to accuse me?). This makes the rhetorical question even stronger, adding a layer of disbelief that anyone could possibly dare to do it.
Why use Vem är det som har... instead of just Vem har...?
Saying Vem är det som... (Who is it that...) is a common way to add emphasis in Swedish, known as a cleft sentence. While Vem har fräckheten... is perfectly correct, the longer version sounds more dramatic and zeroes in on the specific identity of the accuser.
Is fräckheten always translated as audacity or nerve?
In this context, yes. It translates perfectly to audacity, nerve, or cheek. However, the root adjective fräck can mean cheeky or insolent, but in modern slang it can also mean cool or awesome (like a cool car). In the noun form fräckhet, it almost always carries the negative meaning of insolence.
Could I use the indefinite form en fräckhet or just fräckhet instead of fräckheten?