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diger
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Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse digr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
diger
Inflection
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
Noun
diger n
- indefinite plural of dige
References
- “diger” in Den Danske Ordbog
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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.
Adjective
diger (comparative digrare, superlative digrast)
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
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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