adlig

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adel + -ig

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪk/ (most speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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Adjective

adlig (comparative adliger, superlative am adligsten)

  1. highborn, noble (of noble ancestry)
  2. pertaining to the nobility

Derived terms

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From ādl +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːdlij/

Adjective

ādliġ

  1. sick, ill, diseased

Declension
Declension of adlig — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ādliġ ādliġu, -o ādliġ
Accusative ādliġne ādliġe ādliġ
Genitive ādliġes ādliġre ādliġes
Dative ādliġum ādliġre ādliġum
Instrumental ādliġe ādliġre ādliġe
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ādliġe ādliġa, -e ādliġu, -o
Accusative ādliġe ādliġa, -e ādliġu, -o
Genitive ādliġra ādliġra ādliġra
Dative ādliġum ādliġum ādliġum
Instrumental ādliġum ādliġum ādliġum
Declension of adlig — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ādliġa ādliġe ādliġe
Accusative ādliġan ādliġan ādliġe
Genitive ādliġan ādliġan ādliġan
Dative ādliġan ādliġan ādliġan
Instrumental ādliġan ādliġan ādliġan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ādliġan ādliġan ādliġan
Accusative ādliġan ādliġan ādliġan
Genitive ādliġra, ādliġena ādliġra, ādliġena ādliġra, ādliġena
Dative ādliġum ādliġum ādliġum
Instrumental ādliġum ādliġum ādliġum

References
  • 2010, J. Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), ádlíc

Swedish

Etymology

Attested since 1560 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. The form adelig is the most common form until the end of the 18th century. From adel (“nobility”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑdˌlɪɡ/

Adjective

adlig (not comparable)

  1. Belonging to the nobility.
    Man såg på hennes dyra kläder att hon var adlig.
    You could tell by her expensive clothing that she was noble.
  2. Characteristic of nobility.
    Alla runt bordet uppförde sig förnämt och adligt .
    Everyone around the behaved themselves in an distinguished and noble manner.

Declension
Inflection of adlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular adlig — —
Neuter singular adligt — —
Plural adliga — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 adlige — —
All adliga — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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