adlig

German

Alternative forms

• adelig (somewhat less common)

Etymology

Adel + -ig

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdlɪç/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdlɪk/

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Adjective

adlig (comparative adliger, superlative am adligsten)

1. highborn, noble (of noble ancestry)
2. pertaining to the nobility

Derived terms

• Adlige, Adliger
• Adligkeit

Related terms

• Adel
• Adelheid
• Adeln
• adeln
• Adelsstand
• Adelung
• Adler
• Adolf
• edel
• Edelmut
• Geadelte
• Geadelter

 

Further reading

• “adlig” in Duden online

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Old English

Etymology

From ādl +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːd.lij/

Adjective

ādliġ

1. sick, ill, diseased

Declension

Declension of ādliġ — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ādliġ	ādliġu, ādliġo	ādliġ
Accusative	ādliġne	ādliġe	ādliġ
Genitive	ādliġes	ādliġre	ādliġes
Dative	ādliġum	ādliġre	ādliġum
Instrumental	ādliġe	ādliġre	ādliġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ādliġe	ādliġa, ādliġe	ādliġu, ādliġo
Accusative	ādliġe	ādliġa, ādliġe	ādliġu, ādliġo
Genitive	ādliġra	ādliġra	ādliġra
Dative	ādliġum	ādliġum	ādliġum
Instrumental	ādliġum	ādliġum	ādliġum

Declension of ādliġ — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ādliġa	ādliġe	ādliġe
Accusative	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġe
Genitive	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġan
Dative	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġan
Instrumental	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġan
Accusative	ādliġan	ādliġan	ādliġan
Genitive	ādliġra, ādliġena	ādliġra, ādliġena	ādliġra, ādliġena
Dative	ādliġum	ādliġum	ādliġum
Instrumental	ādliġum	ādliġum	ādliġum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ádlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑdˌlɪɡ/

Adjective

adlig (not comparable)

1. 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.

2. Characteristic of nobility.

   Alla runt bordet uppförde sig förnämt och adligt .

   Everyone around the behaved themselves in an distinguished and noble manner.

Declension

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

• adel
• adla

Anagrams

• glida