fattig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr, from fár (“few”) +‎ tœkr (“taking”). Cognate with Norwegian fattig, Swedish fattig, and Icelandic fátækur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfad̥i]

Adjective

fattig

1. poor (with no possessions or money)

Inflection

Inflection of fattig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	fattig	fattigere	fattigst2
Indefinite neuter singular	fattigt	fattigere	fattigst2
Plural	fattige	fattigere	fattigst2
Definite attributive1	fattige	fattigere	fattigste
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

• (dated) arm

Antonyms

• rig

Derived terms

• fattigdom

References

• “fattig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr.

Adjective

fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigere, indefinite superlative fattigst, definite superlative fattigste)

1. poor (with no possessions or money)

Derived terms

Terms derived from fattig

• fattigdom
• fettfattig

• næringsfattig
• oksygenfattig

• svovelfattig

References

• “fattig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr.

Adjective

fattig (neuter singular fattig, definite singular and plural fattige, comparative fattigare, indefinite superlative fattigast, definite superlative fattigaste)

1. poor (as above)

Synonyms

• fåtøk

Derived terms

• fattigdom
• næringsfattig
• oksygenfattig
• svovelfattig

References

• “fattig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fátœkr. Cognate with Icelandic fátækur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaˌtɪɡ/, [ˈfaˌtːɪɡ]

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

fattig (comparative fattigare, superlative fattigast)

1. poor (with little possessions or money)

   Antonym: rik

   Hyponyms: obesutten, utfattig

Declension

Inflection of fattig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	fattig	fattigare	fattigast
Neuter singular	fattigt	fattigare	fattigast
Plural	fattiga	fattigare	fattigast
Masculine plural3	fattige	fattigare	fattigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	fattige	fattigare	fattigaste
All	fattiga	fattigare	fattigaste
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

• andefattig
• blodfattig
• fattigbössa
• fattigdom
• fattighus
• fattigvård
• utfattig

 

References

• fattig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fattig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fattig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)