nitisk

Swedish

Etymology

From nit +‎ -isk.

Adjective

nitisk (comparative mer nitisk, superlative mest nitisk)

1. (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	superlative1
common singular	nitisk	mer nitisk	mest nitisk
neuter singular	nitiskt	mer nitiskt	mest nitiskt
plural	nitiska	mer nitiska	mest nitiska
masculine plural2	nitiske	mer nitiska	mest nitiska
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	nitiske	mer nitiske	mest nitiske
all	nitiska	mer nitiska	mest nitiska

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

• övernitisk (“overzealous”)

See also

• noggrann (“careful”)

References

• nitisk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker