vanvittig

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Danish

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Etymology

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Equivalent to van- (badly) +‎ vittig (minded) or rather vanvid (insanity) +‎ -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)

  1. insane

Inflection

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Inflection of vanvittig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular vanvittig vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Indefinite neuter singular vanvittigt vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Plural vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Definite attributive1 vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigste
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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Adverb

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vanvittig

  1. insanely, madly
  2. extremely

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Related to vanvidd

Adjective

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vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
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See also

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References

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