diger
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse digr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːˀɐ]
Inflection
| Inflection of diger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | diger | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | digert | — | —2 |
| Plural | digre | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | digre | — | — |
| 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. | |||
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːɐ]
- Homophone: dier
References
- “diger” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse digr.
Adjective
diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrere, indefinite superlative digrest, definite superlative digreste)
Derived terms
References
- “diger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse digr.
Adjective
diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrare, indefinite superlative digrast, definite superlative digraste)
Derived terms
References
- “diger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish digher, from Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic *digraz.
Declension
| Inflection of diger | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | diger | digrare | digrast |
| Neuter singular | digert | digrare | digrast |
| Plural | digra | digrare | digrast |
| Masculine plural3 | digre | digrare | digrast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | digre | digrare | digraste |
| All | digra | digrare | digraste |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms
- allvarsdiger
- digerdöden
- händelsediger
- innehållsdiger
- molndiger
- olycksdiger
- ovädersdiger
- regndiger
- skickelsediger
- stormdiger
- tankdiger
- tankediger
- ödesdiger
References
- diger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- diger in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- diger in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- diger in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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