gríðarlegur

Icelandic

Etymology

From gríður (“giantess”) +‎ -legur (“-like”).

Adjective

gríðarlegur (comparative gríðarlegri, superlative gríðarlegastur)

1. horrid, horrible
2. enormously

Declension

Positive forms of gríðarlegur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegur	gríðarleg	gríðarlegt
	accusative	gríðarlegan	gríðarlega
	dative	gríðarlegum	gríðarlegri	gríðarlegu
	genitive	gríðarlegs	gríðarlegrar	gríðarlegs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegir	gríðarlegar	gríðarleg
	accusative	gríðarlega
	dative	gríðarlegum
	genitive	gríðarlegra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegi	gríðarlega	gríðarlega
	acc/dat/gen	gríðarlega	gríðarlegu
	plural (all-case)	gríðarlegu

Comparative forms of gríðarlegur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	gríðarlegri	gríðarlegri	gríðarlegra
	plural (all-case)	gríðarlegri

Superlative forms of gríðarlegur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegastur	gríðarlegust	gríðarlegast
	accusative	gríðarlegastan	gríðarlegasta
	dative	gríðarlegustum	gríðarlegastri	gríðarlegustu
	genitive	gríðarlegasts	gríðarlegastrar	gríðarlegasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegastir	gríðarlegastar	gríðarlegust
	accusative	gríðarlegasta
	dative	gríðarlegustum
	genitive	gríðarlegastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	gríðarlegasti	gríðarlegasta	gríðarlegasta
	acc/dat/gen	gríðarlegasta	gríðarlegustu
	plural (all-case)	gríðarlegustu

Further reading

• “gríðarlegur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)