rostig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German rostec, from Old High German rostag, from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to Rost (“rust”) + -ig (“-y”). Cognate with English rusty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁɔstɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʁɔstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ros‧tig
Adjective
rostig (strong nominative masculine singular rostiger, comparative rostiger, superlative am rostigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of rostig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist rostig | sie ist rostig | es ist rostig | sie sind rostig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | rostiger | rostige | rostiges | rostige |
genitive | rostigen | rostiger | rostigen | rostiger | |
dative | rostigem | rostiger | rostigem | rostigen | |
accusative | rostigen | rostige | rostiges | rostige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der rostige | die rostige | das rostige | die rostigen |
genitive | des rostigen | der rostigen | des rostigen | der rostigen | |
dative | dem rostigen | der rostigen | dem rostigen | den rostigen | |
accusative | den rostigen | die rostige | das rostige | die rostigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein rostiger | eine rostige | ein rostiges | (keine) rostigen |
genitive | eines rostigen | einer rostigen | eines rostigen | (keiner) rostigen | |
dative | einem rostigen | einer rostigen | einem rostigen | (keinen) rostigen | |
accusative | einen rostigen | eine rostige | ein rostiges | (keine) rostigen |
Comparative forms of rostig
Superlative forms of rostig
Swedish
Adjective
Declension
Inflection of rostig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | rostig | rostigare | rostigast |
Neuter singular | rostigt | rostigare | rostigast |
Plural | rostiga | rostigare | rostigast |
Masculine plural3 | rostige | rostigare | rostigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | rostige | rostigare | rostigaste |
All | rostiga | rostigare | rostigaste |
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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