svag

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German swak, compare with German schwach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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svag (neuter svagt, plural and definite singular attributive svage, comparative svagere, superlative (predicative) svagest, superlative (attributive) svageste)

  1. weak; lacking in force or ability

Inflection

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Inflection of svag
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular svag 2
Indefinite neuter singular svagt 2
Plural svage 2
Definite attributive1 svage
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.

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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svag” in Den Danske Ordbog

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German swak, from Old Saxon *swak, from Proto-West Germanic *swak. Compare with German schwach. The form with -g- is due to Danish influence.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /svɑːɡ/
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Adjective

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svag (comparative svagare, superlative svagast)

  1. weak; lacking in force or ability
  2. weak; dilute
  3. (grammar) weak; regular in inflection

Declension

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Inflection of svag
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular svag svagare svagast
Neuter singular svagt svagare svagast
Plural svaga svagare svagast
Masculine plural3 svage svagare svagast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 svage svagare svagaste
All svaga svagare svagaste
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

Synonyms

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  • (dilute): lätt- (chiefly about alcohol)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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svag”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy][1] (in Swedish), 1937

Anagrams

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