frivillig

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Danish

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Etymology

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From fri (free) +‎ villig (willing), calque of German freiwillig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /frivilˀi/, [ˈfʁ̥iˌʋilˀi]

Adjective

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frivillig (neuter frivilligt, plural and definite singular attributive frivillige)

  1. voluntary
    Antonym: ufrivillig

Inflection

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Inflection of frivillig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular frivillig mere frivillig mest frivillig2
Indefinite neuter singular frivilligt mere frivillig mest frivillig2
Plural frivillige mere frivillig mest frivillig2
Definite attributive1 frivillige mere frivillig mest frivillige
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.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Compare with German freiwillig

Adjective

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frivillig (neuter singular frivillig, definite singular and plural frivillige)

  1. voluntary

Adverb

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frivillig

  1. voluntarily

Antonyms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fri (free) +‎ villig (willing). Compare to Swedish frivillig, Danish frivillig and German freiwillig

Adjective

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frivillig (neuter singular frivillig, definite singular and plural frivillige)

  1. Alternative form of friviljug (voluntary)

Adverb

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frivillig

  1. Alternative form of friviljug (voluntarily)

Noun

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frivillig m or f (definite singular and plural frivillige)

  1. Alternative form of friviljug (volunteer)

References

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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frivillig (comparative frivilligare, superlative frivilligast)

  1. voluntary
  2. optional
    Synonym: valfri

Declension

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Inflection of frivillig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular frivillig frivilligare frivilligast
Neuter singular frivilligt frivilligare frivilligast
Plural frivilliga frivilligare frivilligast
Masculine plural3 frivillige frivilligare frivilligast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 frivillige frivilligare frivilligaste
All frivilliga frivilligare frivilligaste
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

Antonyms

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Noun

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frivillig c

  1. volunteer

Further reading

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