mjuk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.

Adjective

mjuk (neuter singular mjukt, definite singular and plural mjuke, comparative mjukere, indefinite superlative mjukest, definite superlative mjukeste)

alternative form of myk

References

“mjuk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.. Akin to English meek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mjʉːk/

Adjective

mjuk (neuter mjukt, plural mjuke, comparative mjukare, superlative mjukast)

soft

References

“mjuk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish miūker, from Old Norse mjúkr, from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ʉːk

Adjective

mjuk

soft

Declension

Inflection of mjuk
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	mjuk	mjukare	mjukast
Neuter singular	mjukt	mjukare	mjukast
Plural	mjuka	mjukare	mjukast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	mjuke	mjukare	mjukaste
All	mjuka	mjukare	mjukaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Related terms

mjuka
mjukhet
mjukna

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