adlig
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- adelig (somewhat less common)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪk/ (most speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]adlig (strong nominative masculine singular adliger, comparative adliger, superlative am adligsten)
- highborn, noble (of noble ancestry)
- (relational) nobility
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of adlig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist adlig | sie ist adlig | es ist adlig | sie sind adlig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adliger | adlige | adliges | adlige |
genitive | adligen | adliger | adligen | adliger | |
dative | adligem | adliger | adligem | adligen | |
accusative | adligen | adlige | adliges | adlige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adlige | die adlige | das adlige | die adligen |
genitive | des adligen | der adligen | des adligen | der adligen | |
dative | dem adligen | der adligen | dem adligen | den adligen | |
accusative | den adligen | die adlige | das adlige | die adligen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adliger | eine adlige | ein adliges | (keine) adligen |
genitive | eines adligen | einer adligen | eines adligen | (keiner) adligen | |
dative | einem adligen | einer adligen | einem adligen | (keinen) adligen | |
accusative | einen adligen | eine adlige | ein adliges | (keine) adligen |
Comparative forms of adlig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist adliger | sie ist adliger | es ist adliger | sie sind adliger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adligerer | adligere | adligeres | adligere |
genitive | adligeren | adligerer | adligeren | adligerer | |
dative | adligerem | adligerer | adligerem | adligeren | |
accusative | adligeren | adligere | adligeres | adligere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adligere | die adligere | das adligere | die adligeren |
genitive | des adligeren | der adligeren | des adligeren | der adligeren | |
dative | dem adligeren | der adligeren | dem adligeren | den adligeren | |
accusative | den adligeren | die adligere | das adligere | die adligeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adligerer | eine adligere | ein adligeres | (keine) adligeren |
genitive | eines adligeren | einer adligeren | eines adligeren | (keiner) adligeren | |
dative | einem adligeren | einer adligeren | einem adligeren | (keinen) adligeren | |
accusative | einen adligeren | eine adligere | ein adligeres | (keine) adligeren |
Superlative forms of adlig
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ādliġ
Declension
[edit]Declension of ādliġ — Strong
Declension of ādliġ — Weak
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ádlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since 1560 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. The form adelig is the most common form until the end of the 18th century. From adel (“nobility”) + -ig (“-y”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]adlig (not comparable)
- Belonging to the nobility.
- Man såg på hennes dyra kläder att hon var adlig.
- You could tell by her expensive clothing that she was noble.
- Characteristic of nobility.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of adlig | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | adlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | adligt | — | — |
Plural | adliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | adlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | adlige | — | — |
All | adliga | — | — |
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 |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- adlig in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
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