-mässig

See also: massig, mäßig, and -mäßig

German

Suffix

-mässig

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of -mäßig.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German -mäßig in words like regelmäßig, from Maß (“measure”). Compare Danish -mæssig.

Suffix

-mässig

1. -wise, in terms of (with respect to, concerning)

   Rent ketchupmässigt var det inga problem med burgarna. De hade lagom mycket ketchup.

   Purely ketchupwise, there was no problem with the burgers. They had a good amount of ketchup.

2. -like (befitting the thing that comes before)

   gentlemannamässigt uppförande

   gentlemanlike behavior

Declension

Inflection of -mässig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	-mässig	—	—
Neuter singular	-mässigt	—	—
Plural	-mässiga	—	—
Masculine plural3	-mässige	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	-mässige	—	—
All	-mässiga	—	—
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

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -mässig

See also

• måttlig (cognate with German mäßig)
• medelmåttig (perhaps the only example of the suffix -måttig, also based on Maß/mäßig)

References

• -mässig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• -mässig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• -mässig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)