vemodig

Danish

Etymology

vemod +‎ -ig, after Middle Low German wemodich.

Adjective

vemodig (neuter vemodigt, plural and definite singular attributive vemodige)

  1. melancholic, wistful

Inflection

Inflection of vemodig
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular vemodig vemodigere vemodigst2
indefinite neuter singular vemodigt vemodigere vemodigst2
plural vemodige vemodigere vemodigst2
definite attributive1 vemodige vemodigere vemodigste

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.

Derived terms

  • vemodighed

See also

References

Swedish

Etymology

vemod +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

vemodig (comparative vemodigare, superlative vemodigast)

  1. melancholic, wistful, sad
    Det kändes lite vemodigt att ta farväl av dem
    It was a bit sad to say goodbye to them

Declension

Inflection of vemodig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular vemodig vemodigare vemodigast
neuter singular vemodigt vemodigare vemodigast
plural vemodiga vemodigare vemodigast
masculine plural2 vemodige vemodigare vemodigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 vemodige vemodigare vemodigaste
all vemodiga vemodigare vemodigaste

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.

References

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