onyttig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Affix of o- (un-) +‎ nyttig (useful; healthy), Inherited from Old Swedish onyttogher. According to SO attested since ca. 1450.

Adjective

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onyttig (comparative onyttigare, superlative onyttigast)

  1. unuseful, useless
    Antonym: nyttig
  2. (about food) unhealthy, none to low nutritional value
    Antonym: nyttig
    onyttigt godis
    unhealthy sweets

Declension

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Inflection of onyttig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular onyttig onyttigare onyttigast
Neuter singular onyttigt onyttigare onyttigast
Plural onyttiga onyttigare onyttigast
Masculine plural3 onyttige onyttigare onyttigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 onyttige onyttigare onyttigaste
All onyttiga onyttigare onyttigaste
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

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