hurtig

Danish

Etymology

From German hurtig. Derived from the obsolete noun hurt (“thrust”), borrowed from Old French hurt (“thrust”) and hurter (“to thrust”) (French heurt, heurter). These words are in turn borrowed from Frankish *hūrt (“ram”), cognate with Old Norse hrútr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /horti/, [ˈhoɐ̯d̥i] or IPA^(key): /hurti/, [ˈhuɐ̯d̥i]

Adjective

hurtig (neuter hurtigt, plural and definite singular attributive hurtige, comparative hurtigere, superlative (predicative) hurtigst, superlative (attributive) hurtigste)

1. quick, rapid, fast

Inflection

Inflection of hurtig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	hurtig	hurtigere	hurtigst2
indefinite neuter singular	hurtigt	hurtigere	hurtigst2
plural	hurtige	hurtigere	hurtigst2
definite attributive1	hurtige	hurtigere	hurtigste

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.

References

• “hurtig” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Etymology

Middle High German hurteclich, from hurt, from Old French hurt (French heurt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪç/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪk/

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• Hyphenation: hur‧tig

Adjective

hurtig (strong nominative masculine singular hurtiger, comparative hurtiger, superlative am hurtigsten)

1. (dated or regional) fast

   Synonyms: flink, gewandt

   • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎^[1]:

     Sie schmunzelt uns und blickt nach solcher Schedel; / Und hurtiger als durch Witz und Redekunst / Vermittelt sich die reichste Liebesgunst.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Positive forms of hurtig

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist hurtig	sie ist hurtig	es ist hurtig	sie sind hurtig
strong declension (without article)	nominative	hurtiger	hurtige	hurtiges	hurtige
	genitive	hurtigen	hurtiger	hurtigen	hurtiger
	dative	hurtigem	hurtiger	hurtigem	hurtigen
	accusative	hurtigen	hurtige	hurtiges	hurtige
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der hurtige	die hurtige	das hurtige	die hurtigen
	genitive	des hurtigen	der hurtigen	des hurtigen	der hurtigen
	dative	dem hurtigen	der hurtigen	dem hurtigen	den hurtigen
	accusative	den hurtigen	die hurtige	das hurtige	die hurtigen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein hurtiger	eine hurtige	ein hurtiges	(keine) hurtigen
	genitive	eines hurtigen	einer hurtigen	eines hurtigen	(keiner) hurtigen
	dative	einem hurtigen	einer hurtigen	einem hurtigen	(keinen) hurtigen
	accusative	einen hurtigen	eine hurtige	ein hurtiges	(keine) hurtigen

Comparative forms of hurtig

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist hurtiger	sie ist hurtiger	es ist hurtiger	sie sind hurtiger
strong declension (without article)	nominative	hurtigerer	hurtigere	hurtigeres	hurtigere
	genitive	hurtigeren	hurtigerer	hurtigeren	hurtigerer
	dative	hurtigerem	hurtigerer	hurtigerem	hurtigeren
	accusative	hurtigeren	hurtigere	hurtigeres	hurtigere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der hurtigere	die hurtigere	das hurtigere	die hurtigeren
	genitive	des hurtigeren	der hurtigeren	des hurtigeren	der hurtigeren
	dative	dem hurtigeren	der hurtigeren	dem hurtigeren	den hurtigeren
	accusative	den hurtigeren	die hurtigere	das hurtigere	die hurtigeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein hurtigerer	eine hurtigere	ein hurtigeres	(keine) hurtigeren
	genitive	eines hurtigeren	einer hurtigeren	eines hurtigeren	(keiner) hurtigeren
	dative	einem hurtigeren	einer hurtigeren	einem hurtigeren	(keinen) hurtigeren
	accusative	einen hurtigeren	eine hurtigere	ein hurtigeres	(keine) hurtigeren

Superlative forms of hurtig

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am hurtigsten	sie ist am hurtigsten	es ist am hurtigsten	sie sind am hurtigsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	hurtigster	hurtigste	hurtigstes	hurtigste
	genitive	hurtigsten	hurtigster	hurtigsten	hurtigster
	dative	hurtigstem	hurtigster	hurtigstem	hurtigsten
	accusative	hurtigsten	hurtigste	hurtigstes	hurtigste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der hurtigste	die hurtigste	das hurtigste	die hurtigsten
	genitive	des hurtigsten	der hurtigsten	des hurtigsten	der hurtigsten
	dative	dem hurtigsten	der hurtigsten	dem hurtigsten	den hurtigsten
	accusative	den hurtigsten	die hurtigste	das hurtigste	die hurtigsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein hurtigster	eine hurtigste	ein hurtigstes	(keine) hurtigsten
	genitive	eines hurtigsten	einer hurtigsten	eines hurtigsten	(keiner) hurtigsten
	dative	einem hurtigsten	einer hurtigsten	einem hurtigsten	(keinen) hurtigsten
	accusative	einen hurtigsten	eine hurtigste	ein hurtigstes	(keine) hurtigsten

Descendants

• Danish: hurtig
• Norwegian Bokmål: hurtig

Further reading

• “hurtig” in Duden online
• “hurtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German hurtig (dated or regional).

Adjective

hurtig (neuter singular hurtig, definite singular and plural hurtige, comparative hurtigere, indefinite superlative hurtigst, definite superlative hurtigste)

1. quick; rapid

Derived terms

• hurtigbåt
• hurtiggående
• hurtigløp
• hurtigmat
• hurtigtørkende

 

References

• “hurtig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

hurtig (comparative hurtigare, superlative hurtigast)

1. full of energy, pep, and endurance, working hard and tirelessly

   Är de ute och springer nu igen? Jäklar vad hurtiga de är.

   Are they out running now again? Damn they're full of energy.

Usage notes

Often has connotations of being too full of energy and pep, in a tiring or goody two shoes way. This can be made explicit with hurtfrisk.

Declension

Inflection of hurtig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	hurtig	hurtigare	hurtigast
neuter singular	hurtigt	hurtigare	hurtigast
plural	hurtiga	hurtigare	hurtigast
masculine plural2	hurtige	hurtigare	hurtigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	hurtige	hurtigare	hurtigaste
all	hurtiga	hurtigare	hurtigaste

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.

References

• hurtig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hurtig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hurtig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)