diger

See also: diğer and digər

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse digr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːˀɐ]

Adjective

diger

1. bulky, fat
2. (rare) stout

Inflection

Inflection of diger

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	diger	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	digert	—	—2
plural	digre	—	—2
definite attributive1	digre	—	—

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.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːər/, [ˈd̥iːɐ]
• Homophone: dier

Noun

diger n

1. indefinite plural of dige

References

• “diger” in Den Danske Ordbog

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse digr.

Adjective

diger

1. thick
2. bulky, fat
3. pregnant

References

• Sapir, Y.; Lundgren, O. (2024), A Grammar of Elfdalian (Grammars of World and Minority Languages)‎^[1], London: UCL Press, →DOI, →ISBN
• Lars Steensland (2021), Älvdalsk Ordbok, 2nd edition, Älvdalen: Ulum Dalska, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse digr.

Adjective

diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrere, indefinite superlative digrest, definite superlative digreste)

1. big, large, huge

Derived terms

• kjempediger

References

• “diger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse digr.

Adjective

diger (neuter singular digert, definite singular and plural digre, comparative digrare, indefinite superlative digrast, definite superlative digraste)

1. big, large, huge

Derived terms

• kjempediger

References

• “diger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish digher, from Old Norse digr, from Proto-Germanic *digraz.

Adjective

diger (comparative digrare, superlative digrast)

1. thick, extensive, voluminous

Declension

Inflection of diger

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	diger	digrare	digrast
neuter singular	digert	digrare	digrast
plural	digra	digrare	digrast
masculine plural2	digre	digrare	digrast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	digre	digrare	digraste
all	digra	digrare	digraste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• allvarsdiger
• digerdöden
• händelsediger
• innehållsdiger
• molndiger
• olycksdiger
• ovädersdiger
• regndiger
• skickelsediger
• stormdiger
• tankdiger
• tankediger
• ödesdiger

References

• “diger”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “diger”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “diger”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• diger in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• digre