frostig

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vrostec, from Old High German frostag, from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, from Proto-Germanic *frustagaz, equivalent to Frost +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: fros‧tig

Adjective[edit]

frostig (strong nominative masculine singular frostiger, comparative frostiger, superlative am frostigsten)

  1. frosty

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • frostig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • frostig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

frostiġ

  1. Alternative form of forstiġ

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By surface analysis, frost +‎ -ig. Cognate of German frostig.

Adjective[edit]

frostig (comparative frostigare, superlative frostigast)

  1. frosty

Declension[edit]

Inflection of frostig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular frostig frostigare frostigast
Neuter singular frostigt frostigare frostigast
Plural frostiga frostigare frostigast
Masculine plural3 frostige frostigare frostigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 frostige frostigare frostigaste
All frostiga frostigare frostigaste
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

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