German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German vrostec, from Old High German frostag, from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, from Proto-Germanic *frustagaz, equivalent to Frost +‎ -ig.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪç/ (standard)
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  • IPA(key): /ˈfʁɔstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: fros‧tig

Adjective edit

frostig (strong nominative masculine singular frostiger, comparative frostiger, superlative am frostigsten)

  1. frosty

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • frostig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • frostig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

frostiġ

  1. Alternative form of forstiġ

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

By surface analysis, frost +‎ -ig. Cognate of German frostig.

Adjective edit

frostig (comparative frostigare, superlative frostigast)

  1. frosty

Declension edit

Inflection of frostig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular frostig frostigare frostigast
Neuter singular frostigt frostigare frostigast
Plural frostiga frostigare frostigast
Masculine plural3 frostige frostigare frostigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 frostige frostigare frostigaste
All frostiga frostigare frostigaste
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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