hurtig

Danish

Etymology

From German hurtig. Derived from the obsolete noun hurt (“thrust”), borrowed from Old French hurt (“thrust”) and hurter (“to thrust”) (French heurt, heurter). These words are in turn borrowed from Frankish *hūrt (“ram”), cognate with Old Norse hrútr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /horti/, [ˈhoɐ̯d̥i] or IPA(key): /hurti/, [ˈhuɐ̯d̥i]

Adjective

hurtig (neuter hurtigt, plural and definite singular attributive hurtige, comparative hurtigere, superlative (predicative) hurtigst, superlative (attributive) hurtigste)

  1. quick, rapid, fast

Inflection
Inflection of hurtig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular hurtig hurtigere hurtigst2
Indefinite neuter singular hurtigt hurtigere hurtigst2
Plural hurtige hurtigere hurtigst2
Definite attributive1 hurtige hurtigere hurtigste
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.

References

German

Etymology

Middle High German hurteclich, from hurt, from Old French hurt (French heurt).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪç/
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  • IPA(key): /ˈhʊʁtɪk/
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  • Hyphenation: hur‧tig

Adjective

hurtig (strong nominative masculine singular hurtiger, comparative hurtiger, superlative am hurtigsten)

  1. (dated or regional) fast
    Synonyms: flink, gewandt
    • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]‎:
      Sie schmunzelt uns und blickt nach solcher Schedel; / Und hurtiger als durch Witz und Redekunst / Vermittelt sich die reichste Liebesgunst.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension
Positive forms of hurtig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hurtig sie ist hurtig es ist hurtig sie sind hurtig
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative hurtiger hurtige hurtiges hurtige
genitive hurtigen hurtiger hurtigen hurtiger
dative hurtigem hurtiger hurtigem hurtigen
accusative hurtigen hurtige hurtiges hurtige
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der hurtige die hurtige das hurtige die hurtigen
genitive des hurtigen der hurtigen des hurtigen der hurtigen
dative dem hurtigen der hurtigen dem hurtigen den hurtigen
accusative den hurtigen die hurtige das hurtige die hurtigen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein hurtiger eine hurtige ein hurtiges (keine) hurtigen
genitive eines hurtigen einer hurtigen eines hurtigen (keiner) hurtigen
dative einem hurtigen einer hurtigen einem hurtigen (keinen) hurtigen
accusative einen hurtigen eine hurtige ein hurtiges (keine) hurtigen
Comparative forms of hurtig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist hurtiger sie ist hurtiger es ist hurtiger sie sind hurtiger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative hurtigerer hurtigere hurtigeres hurtigere
genitive hurtigeren hurtigerer hurtigeren hurtigerer
dative hurtigerem hurtigerer hurtigerem hurtigeren
accusative hurtigeren hurtigere hurtigeres hurtigere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der hurtigere die hurtigere das hurtigere die hurtigeren
genitive des hurtigeren der hurtigeren des hurtigeren der hurtigeren
dative dem hurtigeren der hurtigeren dem hurtigeren den hurtigeren
accusative den hurtigeren die hurtigere das hurtigere die hurtigeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein hurtigerer eine hurtigere ein hurtigeres (keine) hurtigeren
genitive eines hurtigeren einer hurtigeren eines hurtigeren (keiner) hurtigeren
dative einem hurtigeren einer hurtigeren einem hurtigeren (keinen) hurtigeren
accusative einen hurtigeren eine hurtigere ein hurtigeres (keine) hurtigeren
Superlative forms of hurtig
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am hurtigsten sie ist am hurtigsten es ist am hurtigsten sie sind am hurtigsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative hurtigster hurtigste hurtigstes hurtigste
genitive hurtigsten hurtigster hurtigsten hurtigster
dative hurtigstem hurtigster hurtigstem hurtigsten
accusative hurtigsten hurtigste hurtigstes hurtigste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der hurtigste die hurtigste das hurtigste die hurtigsten
genitive des hurtigsten der hurtigsten des hurtigsten der hurtigsten
dative dem hurtigsten der hurtigsten dem hurtigsten den hurtigsten
accusative den hurtigsten die hurtigste das hurtigste die hurtigsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein hurtigster eine hurtigste ein hurtigstes (keine) hurtigsten
genitive eines hurtigsten einer hurtigsten eines hurtigsten (keiner) hurtigsten
dative einem hurtigsten einer hurtigsten einem hurtigsten (keinen) hurtigsten
accusative einen hurtigsten eine hurtigste ein hurtigstes (keine) hurtigsten

Descendants
  • Danish: hurtig
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hurtig

Further reading
  • “hurtig” in Duden online
  • “hurtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German hurtig (dated or regional).

Adjective

hurtig (neuter singular hurtig, definite singular and plural hurtige, comparative hurtigere, indefinite superlative hurtigst, definite superlative hurtigste)

  1. quick; rapid

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Adjective

hurtig (comparative hurtigare, superlative hurtigast)

  1. full of energy, pep, and endurance, working hard and tirelessly
    Är de ute och springer nu igen? Jäklar vad hurtiga de är.
    Are they out running now again? Damn they're full of energy.

Usage notes

Often has connotations of being too full of energy and pep, in a tiring or goody two shoes way. This can be made explicit with hurtfrisk.

Declension
Inflection of hurtig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular hurtig hurtigare hurtigast
Neuter singular hurtigt hurtigare hurtigast
Plural hurtiga hurtigare hurtigast
Masculine plural3 hurtige hurtigare hurtigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 hurtige hurtigare hurtigaste
All hurtiga hurtigare hurtigaste
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

References
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