elendig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German elendich, from Old Saxon elilendi. Cognate of German elend (miserable), Elend (misery) and Dutch ellende (misery).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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elendig (neuter elendigt, plural and definite singular attributive elendige, comparative elendigere, superlative (predicative) elendigst, superlative (attributive) elendigste)

  1. miserable, in a state of misery

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German

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Etymology

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Elend +‎ -ig

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪç] (standard)
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  • IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: elen‧dig

Adjective

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elendig (strong nominative masculine singular elendiger, comparative elendiger, superlative am elendigsten)

  1. (regional) Synonym of elend

Declension

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Further reading

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  • elendig” in Duden online
  • elendig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German elendich.

Adjective

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elendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigere, indefinite superlative elendigst, definite superlative elendigste)

  1. miserable, wretched, rotten, terrible

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German elendich.

Adjective

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elendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigare, indefinite superlative elendigast, definite superlative elendigaste)

  1. miserable, wretched, rotten, terrible

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