styg
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse styggr, from Proto-Germanic *stugjaz. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål stygg (“ugly”), Norwegian Nynorsk stygg (“ugly”), Swedish stygg (“bad”), Dutch stug (“stiff”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]styg (neuter stygt, plural and definite singular attributive stygge)
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of styg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | styg | styggere | styggest2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | stygt | styggere | styggest2 |
| Plural | stygge | styggere | styggest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | stygge | styggere | styggeste |
| 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
[edit]- “styg” in Den Danske Ordbog