villig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to vilje (“will”) +‎ -ig (adjective suffix), from Old Norse viljugr or a calque of Middle Low German willich. Compare also Norwegian, Swedish villig, German willig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vili/, [ˈʋili]

Adjective

villig (neuter villigt, plural and definite singular attributive villige)

1. willing

Inflection

Inflection of villig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	villig	villigere	villigst2
indefinite neuter singular	villigt	villigere	villigst2
plural	villige	villigere	villigst2
definite attributive1	villige	villigere	villigste

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.

Derived terms

• frivillig
• godvillig
• indvillige
• lærevillig
• modvillig
• offervillig
• risikovillig
• samarbejdsvillig
• uvillig
• velvillig
• villighed
• vrangvillig

References

• “villig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigere, indefinite superlative villigst, definite superlative villigste)

1. willing

Derived terms

• motvillig
• villighet

References

• “villig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “villig” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• viljug

Etymology

From Old Norse viljugr or Middle Low German willich

Adjective

villig (neuter singular villig, definite singular and plural villige, comparative villigare, indefinite superlative villigast, definite superlative villigaste)

1. willing

Derived terms

• motvillig

References

• “villig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vililiker, viliogher.

Adjective

villig (comparative villigare, superlative villigast)

1. willing
2. willing (sexually)

Declension

Inflection of villig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	villig	villigare	villigast
neuter singular	villigt	villigare	villigast
plural	villiga	villigare	villigast
masculine plural2	villige	villigare	villigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	villige	villigare	villigaste
all	villiga	villigare	villigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• villig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• villig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• villig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• livlig