njugg

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hnøggr, from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Compare English niggardly. Likely unrelated to Finnish niukka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njɵɡ/

Adjective

njugg (comparative njuggare, superlative njuggast)

1. stingy, exacting

Declension

Inflection of njugg
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	njugg	njuggare	njuggast
Neuter singular	njuggt	njuggare	njuggast
Plural	njugga	njuggare	njuggast
Masculine plural3	njugge	njuggare	njuggast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	njugge	njuggare	njuggaste
All	njugga	njuggare	njuggaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Further reading

• njugg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• njugg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)