grötmyndig
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German grootmündig (“bigmouthed”). By surface analysis, gröt (“porridge”) + myndig (“authoritative”). According to SO attested since 1669. Compare Danish grødmyndig, Low German grootmödig, Dutch grootmond.
Adjective[edit]
grötmyndig (comparative mer grötmyndig, superlative mest grötmyndig)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of grötmyndig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | grötmyndig | mer grötmyndig | mest grötmyndig |
| Neuter singular | grötmyndigt | mer grötmyndigt | mest grötmyndigt |
| Plural | grötmyndiga | mer grötmyndiga | mest grötmyndiga |
| Masculine plural3 | grötmyndige | mer grötmyndiga | mest grötmyndiga |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | grötmyndige | mer grötmyndige | mest grötmyndige |
| All | grötmyndiga | mer grötmyndiga | mest grötmyndiga |
| 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 | |||
References[edit]
- grötmyndig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- grötmyndig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- grötmyndig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- grötmyndig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)