vanvettig

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• vanvettug, vanvitig, vanvitug

Etymology

From vanvett +‎ -ig. Probably from Middle Low German wanwittich. Compare Danish vanvittig, Swedish vanvettig and German wahnwitzig.

Adjective

vanvettig (neuter singular vanvettig, definite singular and plural vanvettige)

1. insane

   Synonyms: galen, vansinnig, sinnssjuk

References

• “vanvettig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish vanvita, equivalent to vanvett +‎ -ig. Compare Danish vanvittig, Norwegian Nynorsk vanvettig and German wahnwitzig.

Adjective

vanvettig (comparative vanvettigare, superlative vanvettigast)

1. insane, mad

Declension

Inflection of vanvettig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vanvettig	vanvettigare	vanvettigast
neuter singular	vanvettigt	vanvettigare	vanvettigast
plural	vanvettiga	vanvettigare	vanvettigast
masculine plural2	vanvettige	vanvettigare	vanvettigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vanvettige	vanvettigare	vanvettigaste
all	vanvettiga	vanvettigare	vanvettigaste

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.

Synonyms

• sinnessjuk
• vansinnig
• vettlös

Derived terms

• vanvettighet

References

• vanvettig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vanvettig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vanvettig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)