nitisk

Swedish

Adjective

nitisk (comparative mer nitisk, superlative mest nitisk)

(very) diligent and persistent; zealous
en nitisk lapplisa
an (over)zealous meter maid

Usage notes

Often about people considered overzealous (which can be made explicit with övernitisk), though also used positively.

Declension

Inflection of **nitisk**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	nitisk	mer nitisk	mest nitisk
neuter singular	nitiskt	mer nitiskt	mest nitiskt
plural	nitiska	mer nitiska	mest nitiska
masculine plural²	nitiske	mer nitiska	mest nitiska

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	nitiske	mer nitiske	mest nitiske
all	nitiska	mer nitiska	mest nitiska

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.

Derived terms

övernitisk (“overzealous”)

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