egentlig
Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German ēgentlik (“actual”), related to Swedish egentlig, German eigentlich, Dutch eigenlijk. Derived from the adjective Middle Low German ēgen (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, cf. Danish egen,German eigen, English own.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
egentlig
Inflection edit
Inflection of egentlig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | egentlig | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | egentligt | — | —2 |
Plural | egentlige | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | egentlige | — | — |
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. |
Synonyms edit
Adverb edit
egentlig
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German egentlik.
Adjective edit
egentlig (neuter singular egentlig, definite singular and plural egentlige)
Adverb edit
egentlig
See also edit
- eigentleg (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “egentlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɛˈjɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ɛˈjɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
- Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -änt becomes -enk, with äntligen and ordentlig.
Adjective edit
egentlig (not comparable)
- real, actual
- Det går att dra den slutsatsen också men det egentliga budskapet var faktiskt allas lika värde.
- You can draw that conclusion as well but the real message was actually equality for everyone.
- (arithmetic, about fractions) proper
- Antonym: oegentlig
- proper, in the very strictest sense of the word.
- Egentliga Sverige är en term som användes för att beskriva Sverige exklusive dess erövrade områden.
- Sweden proper is a term that was used to talk about Sweden excluding its conquered areas.
Declension edit
Inflection of egentlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | egentlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | egentligt | — | — |
Plural | egentliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | egentlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | egentlige | — | — |
All | egentliga | — | — |
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 |