egentlig
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German ēgentlik.
Pronunciation
Adjective
egentlig
Inflection
Inflection of egentlig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | egentlig | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | egentligt | — | —2 |
Plural | egentlige | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | egentlige | — | — |
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
Adverb
egentlig
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German egentlik
Adjective
egentlig (neuter singular egentlig, definite singular and plural egentlige)
Adverb
egentlig
See also
- eigentleg (Nynorsk)
References
- “egentlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛˈjɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ɛˈjɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
- Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -änt becomes -enk, with äntligen and ordentlig.
Adjective
egentlig (not comparable)
- real, actual
- Det går att dra den slutsatsen också men det egentliga budskapet var faktiskt allas lika värde.
- You can draw that conclusion as well but the real message was actually equality for everyone.
- (arithmetic, about fractions) proper
- Antonym: oegentlig
- proper, in the very strictest sense of the word.
- Egentliga Sverige är en term som använder för att beskriva Sverige exklusive dess erövrade områden.
- Sweden proper is a term that was used to talk about Sweden excluding its conquered areas.
Declension
Inflection of egentlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | egentlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | egentligt | — | — |
Plural | egentliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | egentlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | egentlige | — | — |
All | egentliga | — | — |
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 |
Derived terms
See also
Categories:
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish adverbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål adverbs
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- sv:Arithmetic
- English terms with usage examples
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives