dødssyg
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
død (“death”) + -s- + syg (“sick”)
Adjective[edit]
dødssyg
- fatally ill; sick to a fatal extent; sick to the point where one could likely die
- (informal) extremely boring, unusually boring
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of dødssyg | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | dødssyg | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | dødssygt | — | —2 |
Plural | dødssyge | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | dødssyge | — | — |
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. |
Synonyms[edit]
(extremely boring): røvsyg
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “dødssyg” in Den Danske Ordbog