-mässig
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German
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-mässig
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of -mäßig.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”). Compare Danish -mæssig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-mässig
- -wise, in terms of (with respect to, concerning)
- Rent ketchupmässigt var det inga problem med burgarna. De hade lagom mycket ketchup.
- Purely ketchupwise, there was no problem with the burgers. They had a good amount of ketchup.
- -like (befitting the thing that comes before)
- gentlemannamässigt uppförande
- gentlemanlike behavior
Declension
[edit]Inflection of -mässig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | -mässig | — | — |
Neuter singular | -mässigt | — | — |
Plural | -mässiga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | -mässige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | -mässige | — | — |
All | -mässiga | — | — |
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 |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- måttlig (cognate with German mäßig)
- medelmåttig (perhaps the only example of the suffix -måttig, also based on Maß/mäßig)
References
[edit]- -mässig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- -mässig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- -mässig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)