sagtmodig
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (“quiet”) and mod (“mood, affect”). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (“arrogant”), tålmodig (“patient”), ædelmodig (“magnanimous”), godmodig (“kind, friendly”), vemodig (“melancholic”), overmodig (“overconfident”), frimodig (“candid, frank”), mismodig (“despondent”), heltemodig (“heroic”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)
Declension edit
| Inflection of sagtmodig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | sagtmodig | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | sagtmodigt | — | —2 |
| Plural | sagtmodige | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | sagtmodige | — | — |
| 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. | |||