vanlig

See also: vänlig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish vanlig, vaanlig, from Old Norse vanaligr. Equivalent to vane (“habit, practice”) + -lig (“-like, -ly, -ous”, adjective-forming suffix). Cognates include Swedish vanlig and Icelandic vanalegur.

Adjective

vanlig (neuter vanligt, plural and definite singular attributive vanlige)

1. usual, ordinary, customary

   Synonym: sædvanlig

Inflection

Inflection of vanlig

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	vanlig	vanligere	vanligest2
indefinite neuter singular	vanligt	vanligere	vanligest2
plural	vanlige	vanligere	vanligest2
definite attributive1	vanlige	vanligere	vanligeste

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.

Derived terms

• vanligvis
• uvanlig

References

• “vanlig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Inherited from Danish vanlig, from Old Norse vanaligr. Compare Swedish vanlig, Icelandic vanalegur and Norwegian Nynorsk vanleg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑ̂nlɪ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

vanlig (neuter singular vanlig, definite singular and plural vanlige, comparative vanligere, indefinite superlative vanligst, definite superlative vanligste)

1. common, usual, typical
2. ordinary

Antonyms

• uvanlig

Derived terms

• vanligvis

References

• “vanlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse vanaligr. Compare Danish vanlig, Icelandic vanalegur and Norwegian Nynorsk vanleg.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vanlig (comparative vanligare, superlative vanligast)

1. common, usual
2. ordinary

Declension

Inflection of vanlig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vanlig	vanligare	vanligast
neuter singular	vanligt	vanligare	vanligast
plural	vanliga	vanligare	vanligast
masculine plural2	vanlige	vanligare	vanligast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vanlige	vanligare	vanligaste
all	vanliga	vanligare	vanligaste

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.

Derived terms

• ovanlig
• vanligen

Further reading

• “vanlig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)