vanvittig
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to van- (“badly”) + vittig (“minded”) or rather vanvid (“insanity”) + -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)
Inflection
[edit]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | vanvittig | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | vanvittigt | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
| plural | vanvittige | vanvittigere | vanvittigst2 |
| definite attributive1 | vanvittige | vanvittigere | vanvittigste |
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.
Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vanvittig
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to vanvidd
Adjective
[edit]vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “vanvittig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.