vettig

Dutch

Etymology

From vet (“fat, grease”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)

1. greasy

Declension

Declension of vettig
uninflected	vettig
inflected	vettige
comparative	vettiger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vettig	vettiger	het vettigst het vettigste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	vettige	vettigere	vettigste
	n. sing.	vettig	vettiger	vettigste
	plural	vettige	vettigere	vettigste
definite		vettige	vettigere	vettigste
partitive		vettigs	vettigers	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigere, superlative vettigst)

1. reasonable, sensible

Swedish

Etymology

From vett (“wit”) +‎ -ig (“-y”). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)

1. reasonable, sensible

   Det låter vettigt

   That sounds reasonable

   Jag tror det är en rätt vettig plan

   I think it's a fairly sensible plan

   Han brukar vara rätt vettig

   He's usually a fairly reasonable guy

Declension

Inflection of vettig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vettig	vettigare	vettigast
Neuter singular	vettigt	vettigare	vettigast
Plural	vettiga	vettigare	vettigast
Masculine plural3	vettige	vettigare	vettigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vettige	vettigare	vettigaste
All	vettiga	vettigare	vettigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

References

• vettig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vettig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)