artig

See also: -artig

Danish

Etymology

From German artig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdi/

Adjective

artig

1. (especially of a child) well-behaved

Inflection

Inflection of artig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	artig	artigere	artigst2
Indefinite neuter singular	artigt	artigere	artigst2
Plural	artige	artigere	artigst2
Definite attributive1	artige	artigere	artigste
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.

Antonyms

• uartig

See also

• lydig
• høflig

References

• “artig” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “artig” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ertec. Equivalent to Art +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːa̯tɪç] (standard)
• IPA^(key): [ˈaːa̯tɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• Hyphenation: ar‧tig

Adjective

artig (comparative artiger, superlative am artigsten)

1. well-behaved, good

Synonyms

• brav
• gehorsam
• gesittet
• lieb
• wohlerzogen

Antonyms

• unartig

Hypernyms

• Gesellschaft f, Verhalten n

Derived terms

• Artigkeit f

Related terms

• Art f

References

• “artig”, in PONS (in German), Stuttgart: PONS GmbH, 2001–2024

Further reading

• “artig” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German artig

Adjective

artig (neuter singular artig, definite singular and plural artige, comparative artigere, indefinite plural artigst, definite plural artigste)

1. amusing, funny
2. interesting
3. courteous, well-behaved

References

• “artig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German artig

Adjective

artig (neuter singular artig, definite singular and plural artige, comparative artigare, indefinite plural artigast, definite plural artigaste)

1. amusing, funny
2. interesting
3. courteous, well-behaved

References

• “artig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Adjective

artig (comparative artigare, superlative artigast)

1. polite (well-mannered)

Declension

Inflection of artig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	artig	artigare	artigast
Neuter singular	artigt	artigare	artigast
Plural	artiga	artigare	artigast
Masculine plural3	artige	artigare	artigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	artige	artigare	artigaste
All	artiga	artigare	artigaste
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

• artighet

Anagrams

• girat