pinlig
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to pine (“torment”) + lig. From Middle Low German pīnlik, cf. German peinlich, which has influenced the semantic development of the Danish word.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pinlig (neuter pinligt, plural and definite singular attributive pinlige)
- (archaic) painful
- awkward, embarrassing
- (proscribed) embarrassed
Inflection
[edit]positive | comparative | superlative | |
---|---|---|---|
indefinite common singular | pinlig | pinligere | pinligst2 |
indefinite neuter singular | pinligt | pinligere | pinligst2 |
plural | pinlige | pinligere | pinligst2 |
definite attributive1 | pinlige | pinligere | pinligste |
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.
See also
[edit]Adverb
[edit]pinlig
References
[edit]- “pinlig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]pinlig (neuter singular pinlig, definite singular and plural pinlige, comparative pinligere, indefinite superlative pinligst, definite superlative pinligste)
- awkward
- embarrassing
- painful (e.g. subject)
See also
[edit]- pinleg (Nynorsk)
References
[edit]- “pinlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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- Danish compound terms
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