uheldig
Appearance
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From uheld (“bad luck”) + -ig or u- (“un-”) + heldig (“lucky”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uheldig
- unlucky, unfortunate
- unfortunate, inopportune, untimely
- unsuccessful
- unfavourable, unfavorable
- bad
- inadvisable
Inflection
[edit]positive | comparative | superlative | |
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indefinite common singular | uheldig | uheldigere | uheldigst2 |
indefinite neuter singular | uheldigt | uheldigere | uheldigst2 |
plural | uheldige | uheldigere | uheldigst2 |
definite attributive1 | uheldige | uheldigere | uheldigste |
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.
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- uheldighed ("unluckiness")
- uheldigvis ("unfortunately")
References
[edit]- “uheldig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uheldig (neuter singular uheldig, definite singular and plural uheldige)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “uheldig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]uheldig (neuter singular uheldig, definite singular and plural uheldige)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “uheldig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish terms suffixed with -ig
- Danish terms prefixed with u-
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with u-
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with u-
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives