pinlig

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Danish

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Etymology

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Equivalent to pine (torment) +‎ lig. From Middle Low German pīnlik, cf. German peinlich, which has influenced the semantic development of the Danish word.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pinlig (neuter pinligt, plural and definite singular attributive pinlige)

  1. (archaic) painful
  2. awkward, embarrassing
  3. (proscribed) embarrassed

Inflection

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Inflection of pinlig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular pinlig pinligere pinligst2
Indefinite neuter singular pinligt pinligere pinligst2
Plural pinlige pinligere pinligst2
Definite attributive1 pinlige pinligere pinligste
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.

See also

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Adverb

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pinlig

  1. precisely

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From pine (noun) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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pinlig (neuter singular pinlig, definite singular and plural pinlige, comparative pinligere, indefinite superlative pinligst, definite superlative pinligste)

  1. awkward
  2. embarrassing
  3. painful (e.g. subject)

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References

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