Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German abhängig, equivalent to avhänga +‎ -ig. Compare Danish afhængig. First attested in 1815.

Adjective edit

avhängig (comparative mer avhängig, superlative mest avhängig)

  1. dependent, contingent
    Antonym: oavhängig

Declension edit

Inflection of avhängig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular avhängig mer avhängig mest avhängig
Neuter singular avhängigt mer avhängigt mest avhängigt
Plural avhängiga mer avhängiga mest avhängiga
Masculine plural3 avhängige mer avhängiga mest avhängiga
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 avhängige mer avhängige mest avhängige
All avhängiga mer avhängiga mest avhängiga
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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