dødssyg
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]død (“death”) + -s- + syg (“sick”)
Adjective
[edit]dødssyg
- fatally ill; sick to a fatal extent; sick to the point where one could likely die
- (informal) extremely boring, unusually boring
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of dødssyg | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | dødssyg | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | dødssygt | — | —2 |
Plural | dødssyge | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | dødssyge | — | — |
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. |
Synonyms
[edit](extremely boring): røvsyg
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “dødssyg” in Den Danske Ordbog