flygg
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Low German flügg, flügge. Cognate of German flügge, Danish flyg. Compare Icelandic fleygur, Dutch vlug.
Adjective[edit]
flygg (comparative mer flygg, superlative mest flygg)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of flygg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | flygg | mer flygg | mest flygg |
| Neuter singular | flyggt | mer flyggt | mest flyggt |
| Plural | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| Masculine plural3 | flygge | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | flygge | mer flygge | mest flygge |
| All | flygga | mer flygga | mest flygga |
| 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 | |||
Further reading[edit]
- flygg in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- flygg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)