frodig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to nouns frau and fråde

Adjective

frodig (neuter singular frodig, definite singular and plural frodige, comparative frodigere, indefinite superlative frodigst, definite superlative frodigste)

1. lush (vegetation)
2. fertile (land)
3. buxom (woman)

References

• “frodig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to nouns frau and frode

Adjective

frodig (neuter singular frodig, definite singular and plural frodige, comparative frodigare, indefinite superlative frodigast, definite superlative frodigaste)

1. lush (vegetation)
2. fertile (land)
3. buxom (woman)

References

• “frodig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

frodig (comparative frodigare, superlative frodigast)

1. (of vegetation) lush

   frodig grönska

   lush greenery

2. (figuratively) fertile, rich

   frodig fantasi

   fertile imagination

3. (figuratively, of a person, body part, or the like) fat (and good-natured)

Declension

Inflection of frodig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	frodig	frodigare	frodigast
neuter singular	frodigt	frodigare	frodigast
plural	frodiga	frodigare	frodigast
masculine plural2	frodige	frodigare	frodigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	frodige	frodigare	frodigaste
all	frodiga	frodigare	frodigaste

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.

Related terms

• frodas

References

• “frodig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “frodig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)