fattig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fati/, [ˈfad̥i]

Adjective

fattig

  1. poor (with no possessions or money)

Inflection
Inflection of fattig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular fattig fattigere fattigst2
Neuter singular fattigt fattigere fattigst2
Plural fattige fattigere fattigst2
Definite attributive1 fattige fattigere fattigste
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.

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References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr

Adjective

fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigere, indefinite superlative fattigst, definite superlative fattigste)

  1. poor (with no possessions or money)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr

Adjective

fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigare, indefinite superlative fattigast, definite superlative fattigaste)

  1. poor (as above)

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Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr. Cognate with Icelandic fátækur.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

fattig (comparative fattigare, superlative fattigast)

  1. poor (with no possessions or money)

Declension
Inflection of fattig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular fattig fattigare fattigast
Neuter singular fattigt fattigare fattigast
Plural fattiga fattigare fattigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 fattige fattigare fattigaste
All fattiga fattigare fattigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
  • andefattig
  • fattigbössa
  • fattigdom
  • fattighus
  • fattigvård
  • utfattig
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