vidunderlig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From vidunder (marvel) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vidunderlig (neuter vidunderligt, plural and definite singular attributive vidunderlige)

  1. wonderful, marvellous

Adverb

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vidunderlig

  1. wonderfully, marvellously

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From vidunder +‎ -lig; cognate with Danish vidunderlig.

Adjective

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vidunderlig (neuter singular vidunderlig, definite singular and plural vidunderlige, comparative vidunderligere, or mer vidunderlig, indefinite superlative vidunderligst, or mest vidunderlig, definite superlative vidunderligste, or mest vidunderlige)

  1. like a wonder, wonderful
  2. very beautiful

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From vidunder +‎ -lig (-ly). Compare obsolete sense of English monstrous.

Adjective

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vidunderlig (comparative vidunderligare, superlative vidunderligast)

  1. fantastic (usually in a positive sense), wonderful
    en vidunderlig utsikt
    a breathtaking view
  2. large, monstrous
    en vidunderlig best
    a monstrous beast

Declension

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Inflection of vidunderlig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vidunderlig vidunderligare vidunderligast
Neuter singular vidunderligt vidunderligare vidunderligast
Plural vidunderliga vidunderligare vidunderligast
Masculine plural3 vidunderlige vidunderligare vidunderligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vidunderlige vidunderligare vidunderligaste
All vidunderliga vidunderligare vidunderligaste
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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