ordentlig
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]German ordentlich, compare orden and -lig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ordentlig
- correct, orderly, regular, well-ordered
- neat, tidy
- methodical, orderly, tidy
- accurate, careful
- decent, nice
- proper
- (adverbial) accurately, awfully, carefully, correctly, decently, methodically, neatly, properly, regularly, steadily, thoroughly, tidily, well
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of ordentlig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | ordentlig | ordentligere | ordentligst2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | ordentligt | ordentligere | ordentligst2 |
Plural | ordentlige | ordentligere | ordentligst2 |
Definite attributive1 | ordentlige | ordentligere | ordentligste |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (decent): pæn, respektabel
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German ordentlich.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ordentlig (neuter singular ordentlig, definite singular and plural ordentlige)
- orderly, neat, tidy
- correct, proper, respectable, decent
- proper, real, regular
- (as an adverb) properly
See also
[edit]- ordentleg (Nynorsk)
References
[edit]- “ordentlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ordentlig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German ordentlich, from Middle High German ordenlich (cognate with Old High German ordenlīcho), from orden, from Latin ordō, from Proto-Italic *ordō (“row, order”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ʊˈɖɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ʊˈɖɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
- Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -ent becomes -enk, with egentligen and äntligen.
Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]ordentlig
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ordentlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | ordentlig | ordentligare | ordentligast |
Neuter singular | ordentligt | ordentligare | ordentligast |
Plural | ordentliga | ordentligare | ordentligast |
Masculine plural3 | ordentlige | ordentligare | ordentligast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | ordentlige | ordentligare | ordentligaste |
All | ordentliga | ordentligare | ordentligaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ordentlig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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