skyldig

Danish

Etymology

From late Old Norse skyldugr, from skyldr. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skyldi/, [ˈsɡ̊yld̥i]

Adjective

skyldig

  1. guilty
  2. owed
  3. due

Inflection
Inflection of skyldig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular skyldig — —2
Neuter singular skyldigt — —2
Plural skyldige — —2
Definite attributive1 skyldige — —
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.

Antonyms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From skyld +‎ -ig

Adjective

skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
  • skuldig

Etymology

From skyld +‎ -ig

Adjective

skyldig (neuter singular skyldig, definite singular and plural skyldige)

  1. guilty

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Etymology

skuld +‎ -ig, From late Old Norse skyldugr, from skyldr. In part influenced by Middle Low German schuldich and German schuldig.

Pronunciation
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Adjective

skyldig (comparative skyldigare, superlative skyldigast)

  1. guilty
  2. owed, due, indebted

Declension
Inflection of skyldig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skyldig skyldigare skyldigast
Neuter singular skyldigt skyldigare skyldigast
Plural skyldiga skyldigare skyldigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skyldige skyldigare skyldigaste
All skyldiga skyldigare skyldigaste
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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