syndig

Danish

Etymology

From synd (“sin”) +‎ -ig, from late Old Norse syndugr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søndi/, [ˈsønd̥i]

Adjective

syndig

1. sinful
2. awful
3. iniquitous

Inflection

Inflection of syndig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	syndig	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	syndigt	—	—2
plural	syndige	—	—2
definite attributive1	syndige	—	—

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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From synd (“sin”) +‎ -ig, from late Old Norse syndugr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syndi/

Adjective

syndig (neuter singular syndig, definite singular and plural syndige, comparative syndigere, indefinite superlative syndigst, definite superlative syndigste)

1. sinful
2. iniquitous

Swedish

Etymology

From synd (“sin”) +‎ -ig, from late Old Norse syndugr.

Adjective

syndig (comparative syndigare, superlative syndigast)

1. sinful

   en syndig handling

   a sinful act

Declension

Inflection of syndig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	syndig	syndigare	syndigast
neuter singular	syndigt	syndigare	syndigast
plural	syndiga	syndigare	syndigast
masculine plural2	syndige	syndigare	syndigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	syndige	syndigare	syndigaste
all	syndiga	syndigare	syndigaste

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

• syndig in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker