nitisk
Swedish
Adjective
nitisk (comparative mer nitisk, superlative mest nitisk)
- (very) diligent and persistent; zealous
- en nitisk lapplisa
- an (over)zealous meter maid
Usage notes
Often about people considered overzealous (which can be made explicit with övernitisk), though also used positively.
Declension
| Inflection of nitisk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | nitisk | mer nitisk | mest nitisk |
| Neuter singular | nitiskt | mer nitiskt | mest nitiskt |
| Plural | nitiska | mer nitiska | mest nitiska |
| Masculine plural3 | nitiske | mer nitiska | mest nitiska |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | nitiske | mer nitiske | mest nitiske |
| All | nitiska | mer nitiska | mest nitiska |
| 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
- övernitisk (“overzealous”)
See also
- noggrann (“careful”)
References
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