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-årig

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See also: árig

Danish

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Suffix

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-årig (neuter -årigt, e-form -årige)

  1. aged a specified number of years
    den treårige dreng – the three-year-old boy
  2. of a duration of the specified number of years
    en syvårig periode – a seven-year period

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From år (year) and -ig. Similar to Danish and Swedish (if not borrowed from one of them).

Suffix

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-årig (plural -årige)

  1. aged the specified number of years, year-old
  2. lasting the specified number of years, -year
    Eittårig plante
    Annual plant

Swedish

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Etymology

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år (year) +‎ -ig (-y)

Suffix

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-årig

  1. aged the specified number of years, year-old
    en sjuttioårig man är en sjuttioåring
    a seventy-year-old man is a seventy-year-old
  2. lasting the specified number of years, year
    ett femårigt krig
    a five-year war

Declension

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Inflection of -årig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular -årig
neuter singular -årigt
plural -åriga
masculine plural2 -årige
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 -årige
all -åriga

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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