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gullig
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See also: güllig
Danish
Etymology
Adjective
gullig (neuter gulligt, plural and definite singular attributive gullige)
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.
References
- “gullig” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Swedish
Etymology
Adjective
gullig (comparative gulligare, superlative gulligast)
- (somewhat colloquial) cute, sweet (cute in a sweet way, like a child or an animal, of appearance or behavior or the like)
- en gullig tigerunge
- a cute tiger cub
- en gullig bebis
- a cute baby
- Katterna är så gulliga när de låtsasbråkar
- The cats are so cute when they play fight
- Det var gulligt av dig att städa huset
- It was sweet of you to clean the house
Usage notes
The word that best matches English cute in the general sense is söt. Gullig additionally implies sweetness, like of a child or an animal, and so is less common for describing being cute in a physically attractive way (unless going for "cute and sweet" in tone, which sounds the same). Gullig implies söt, but söt does not necessarily imply gullig.
Like English cute, neither söt nor gullig has any inherent connotations of physical attractiveness. A baby can be called both without sounding weird. Fin (“pretty”) is similarly neutral.
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.
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