lovlig

Danish

Etymology

Compound of lov (“law”) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɒwli]

Adjective

lovlig (neuter lovligt, plural and definite singular attributive lovlige)

1. lawful
2. legal

Inflection

Inflection of lovlig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	lovlig	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	lovligt	—	—2
plural	lovlige	—	—2
definite attributive1	lovlige	—	—

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.

Antonyms

• ulovlig

Derived terms

• lovlighed
• lovliggøre

Adverb

lovlig

1. a little too

Usage notes

Often modified by lige, e.g. Er du ikke lige lovlig hurtig på aftrækkeren? ("Aren't you just a tad too hasty?").

References

• “lovlig, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog

References

• “lovlig, 1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse lǫgligr.

Adjective

lovlig (neuter singular lovlig, definite singular and plural lovlige)

1. lawful
2. legal

Antonyms

• ulovlig

Derived terms

• lovlighet

See also

• lovleg (Nynorsk)

References

• “lovlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

lov (“permission”) +‎ -lig (“-ly”)

Adjective

lovlig (not comparable)

1. lawful, legal, permissible, allowable (permitted by something, often law – especially to be hunted or fished)

   lovligt byte

   fair game (in the sense of game (wildlife) that's permissible to hunt, sometimes figuratively like in English)

2. (in negated expression, by ironic extension) that should not be allowed

   vara mer än lovligt slarvlig

   be highly ("more than permissibly") sloppy

Declension

Inflection of lovlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	lovlig	—	—
neuter singular	lovligt	—	—
plural	lovliga	—	—
masculine plural2	lovlige	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	lovlige	—	—
all	lovliga	—	—

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.

References

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