flygg

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German flügg, flügge. Cognate of German flügge, Danish flyg. Compare Icelandic fleygur, Dutch vlug.

Adjective

flygg (comparative mer flygg, superlative mest flygg)

1. (rare) fledged (able to fly)

Declension

Inflection of flygg

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	flygg	mer flygg	mest flygg
neuter singular	flyggt	mer flyggt	mest flyggt
plural	flygga	mer flygga	mest flygga
masculine plural2	flygge	mer flygga	mest flygga
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	flygge	mer flygge	mest flygge
all	flygga	mer flygga	mest flygga

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.

Further reading

• flygg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• flygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)