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giftig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From gift (poison) +‎ -ig, after German giftig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡifti/, [ˈɡ̊ifd̥i]

Adjective

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giftig

  1. poisonous
  2. venomous
  3. toxic
  4. waspish
  5. catty
  6. barbed
  7. disagreeable

Inflection

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Inflection of giftig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular giftig giftigere giftigst2
indefinite neuter singular giftigt giftigere giftigst2
plural giftige giftigere giftigst2
definite attributive1 giftige giftigere giftigste

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.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From gift (poison) +‎ -ig. Cognate with German giftig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɪf.təx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gif‧tig
  • Rhymes: -ɪftəx

Adjective

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giftig (comparative giftiger, superlative giftigst)

  1. poisonous, venomous, toxic
    Synonyms: toxisch, venijnig, vergiftig, vergiftigend

Declension

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Declension of giftig
uninflected giftig
inflected giftige
comparative giftiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial giftig giftiger het giftigst
het giftigste
indefinite m./f. sing. giftige giftigere giftigste
n. sing. giftig giftiger giftigste
plural giftige giftigere giftigste
definite giftige giftigere giftigste
partitive giftigs giftigers

Derived terms

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German giftec; equivalent to Gift +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪftɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gif‧tig

Adjective

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giftig (strong nominative masculine singular giftiger, comparative giftiger, superlative am giftigsten)

  1. poisonous

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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giftig

  1. venomously

Further reading

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  • giftig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • giftig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • giftig” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From gift +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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giftig (indefinite singular giftig, definite singular and plural giftige, comparative giftigere, indefinite superlative giftigst, definite superlative giftigste)

  1. toxic, poisonous, venomous

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From gift +‎ -ig.

Adjective

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giftig (indefinite singular giftig, definite singular and plural giftige, comparative giftigare, indefinite superlative giftigast, definite superlative giftigaste)

  1. poisonous, toxic, venomous

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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giftig (comparative giftigare, superlative giftigast)

  1. of a harmful chemical nature; poisonous, toxic
  2. (of language etc.) mean or sarcastic in nature; caustic, sharp

Declension

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Inflection of giftig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular giftig giftigare giftigast
neuter singular giftigt giftigare giftigast
plural giftiga giftigare giftigast
masculine plural2 giftige giftigare giftigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 giftige giftigare giftigaste
all giftiga giftigare giftigaste

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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