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ridderlig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish riddarliker, ridderligh, from Middle Low German ridderlik. Cognate of Dutch ridderlijk, German ritterlich.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ridderlig (comparative ridderligare, superlative ridderligast)

  1. chivalrous

Declension

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Inflection of ridderlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ridderlig ridderligare ridderligast
neuter singular ridderligt ridderligare ridderligast
plural ridderliga ridderligare ridderligast
masculine plural2 ridderlige ridderligare ridderligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ridderlige ridderligare ridderligaste
all ridderliga ridderligare ridderligaste

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.

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