vanvittig
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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]| Inflection of vanvittig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte 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.