medelmåttig
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]medel- + mått + -ig. Compare Danish middelmådig, Dutch middelmatig, German mittelmäßig.
Adjective
[edit]medelmåttig
- mediocre (ordinary: not extraordinary; not special, exceptional, or great; of medium quality), average
Declension
[edit]Inflection of medelmåttig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | medelmåttig | — | — |
Neuter singular | medelmåttigt | — | — |
Plural | medelmåttiga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | medelmåttige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | medelmåttige | — | — |
All | medelmåttiga | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |