vanvittig

Danish

Etymology

Equivalent to van- (“badly”) +‎ vittig (“minded”) or rather vanvid (“insanity”) +‎ -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋanˌʋid̥i]

Adjective

vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)

1. insane

Inflection

Inflection of vanvittig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	vanvittig	vanvittigere	vanvittigst2
indefinite neuter singular	vanvittigt	vanvittigere	vanvittigst2
plural	vanvittige	vanvittigere	vanvittigst2
definite attributive1	vanvittige	vanvittigere	vanvittigste

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.

Related terms

• vanvid

Adverb

vanvittig

1. insanely, madly
2. extremely

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to vanvidd

Adjective

vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)

1. crazy, insane, mad

Related terms

• vanvidd

See also

• vanvettig, vanvettug, vanvitig, vanvitug (all Nynorsk)

References

• “vanvittig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.