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fattig
fattig
Danish
Adjective
fattig
- poor (with no possessions or money)
Inflection
| Inflection of fattig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | fattig | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Neuter singular | fattigt | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Plural | fattige | fattigere | fattigst2 |
| Definite attributive1 | fattige | fattigere | fattigste |
| 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. | |||
Synonyms
- (dated) arm
Antonyms
Derived terms
References
- “fattig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fátœkr
Adjective
fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigere, indefinite superlative fattigst, definite superlative fattigste)
- poor (with no possessions or money)
Derived terms
References
- “fattig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fátœkr
Adjective
fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigare, indefinite superlative fattigast, definite superlative fattigaste)
- poor (as above)
Derived terms
References
- “fattig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fátœkr. Cognate with Icelandic fátækur.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fattig (comparative fattigare, superlative fattigast)
- poor (with no possessions or money)
Declension
| Inflection of fattig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | fattig | fattigare | fattigast |
| Neuter singular | fattigt | fattigare | fattigast |
| Plural | fattiga | fattigare | fattigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | fattige | fattigare | fattigaste |
| All | fattiga | fattigare | fattigaste |
| 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
- andefattig
- fattigbössa
- fattigdom
- fattighus
- fattigvård
- utfattig