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artig

artig

See also: -artig

Danish

Adjective

artig

  1. (especially of a child) well-behaved

Inflection

Inflection of artig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular artig artigere artigst2
Neuter singular artigt artigere artigst2
Plural artige artigere artigst2
Definite attributive1 artige artigere artigste
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.

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References


German

Etymology

From Middle High German ertec. Equivalent to Art + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaːa̯tɪç]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧tig

Adjective

artig (comparative artiger, superlative am artigsten)

  1. well-behaved, good

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Artigkeit f

Related terms

Hypernyms

Antonyms

  • unartig

References

  • artig“ in PONS (pons.eu)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German artig

Adjective

artig (neuter singular artig, definite singular and plural artige, comparative artigere, indefinite plural artigst, definite plural artigste)

  1. amusing, funny
  2. interesting
  3. courteous, well-behaved

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German artig

Adjective

artig (neuter singular artig, definite singular and plural artige, comparative artigare, indefinite plural artigast, definite plural artigaste)

  1. amusing, funny
  2. interesting
  3. courteous, well-behaved

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Swedish

Adjective

artig (comparative artigare, superlative artigast)

  1. polite (well-mannered)

Declension

Inflection of artig
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular artig artigare artigast
Neuter singular artigt artigare artigast
Plural artiga artigare artigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 artige artigare artigaste
All artiga artigare artigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Related terms

  • artighet