ydmyg

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish øthmiuk, ødmygh, ydmygg, from Old Norse auðmjúkr (“willing, humble”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ydmyk, Swedish ödmjuk. A compound of auð- (“easy”) +‎ mjúkr (“soft”). The first part is an old Germanic adjective *auþuz (“easy”), cognate with English eath.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /yðmyːˀ/, [ˈyðˌmyˀ]

Adjective

ydmyg (neuter ydmygt, plural and definite singular attributive ydmyge)

humble

Inflection

Inflection of *ydmyg*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	ydmyg	ydmygere	ydmygest²
indefinite neuter singular	ydmygt	ydmygere	ydmygest²
plural	ydmyge	ydmygere	ydmygest²
definite attributive¹	ydmyge	ydmygere	ydmygeste

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

References

“ydmyg” in Den Danske Ordbog