ordfattig

Danish

Etymology

From ord +‎ fattig.

Adjective

ordfattig (neuter ordfattigt, plural and definite singular attributive ordfattige)

  1. terse, succinct, concise
    Antonym: ordrig

Inflection

Inflection of ordfattig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular ordfattig ordfattigere ordfattigst2
indefinite neuter singular ordfattigt ordfattigere ordfattigst2
plural ordfattige ordfattigere ordfattigst2
definite attributive1 ordfattige ordfattigere ordfattigste

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.

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of ord +‎ fattig

Adjective

ordfattig (comparative ordfattigare, superlative ordfattigast)

  1. having a small vocabulary
    Antonym: ordrik
  2. concise, terse

Declension

Inflection of ordfattig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ordfattig ordfattigare ordfattigast
neuter singular ordfattigt ordfattigare ordfattigast
plural ordfattiga ordfattigare ordfattigast
masculine plural2 ordfattige ordfattigare ordfattigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ordfattige ordfattigare ordfattigaste
all ordfattiga ordfattigare ordfattigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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