-mässig
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German[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-mässig
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of -mäßig.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”). Compare Danish -mæssig.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-mässig
- -wise, in terms of (with respect to, concerning)
- Rent ketchupmässigt var det inga problem med burgarna. De hade lagom mycket ketchup.
- Purely ketchupwise, there was no problem with the burgers. They had a good amount of ketchup.
- -like (befitting the thing that comes before)
- gentlemannamässigt uppförande
- gentlemanlike behavior
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of -mässig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | -mässig | — | — |
| Neuter singular | -mässigt | — | — |
| Plural | -mässiga | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | -mässige | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | -mässige | — | — |
| All | -mässiga | — | — |
| 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 | |||
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- måttlig (cognate with German mäßig)
- medelmåttig (perhaps the only example of the suffix -måttig, also based on Maß/mäßig)
References[edit]
- -mässig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- -mässig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- -mässig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)