vettig

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From vet (fat, grease) +‎ -ig (-y).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)

  1. greasy

Declension

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Declension of vettig
uninflected vettig
inflected vettige
comparative vettiger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vettig vettiger het vettigst
het vettigste
indefinite m./f. sing. vettige vettigere vettigste
n. sing. vettig vettiger vettigste
plural vettige vettigere vettigste
definite vettige vettigere vettigste
partitive vettigs vettigers

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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vettig (comparative vettigere, superlative vettigst)

  1. reasonable, sensible

Swedish

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Etymology

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From vett (wit) +‎ -ig (-y). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)

  1. reasonable, sensible
    Det låter vettigt
    That sounds reasonable
    Jag tror det är en rätt vettig plan
    I think it's a fairly sensible plan
    Han brukar vara rätt vettig
    He's usually a fairly reasonable guy

Declension

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Inflection of vettig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vettig vettigare vettigast
Neuter singular vettigt vettigare vettigast
Plural vettiga vettigare vettigast
Masculine plural3 vettige vettigare vettigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vettige vettigare vettigaste
All vettiga vettigare vettigaste
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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