sulten
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of the archaic verb svelte (“waste away, emaciate”), from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
sulten (neuter sultent, plural and definite singular attributive sultne)
Inflection edit
Inflection of sulten | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | sulten | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | sultent | — | —2 |
Plural | sultne | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | sultne | — | — |
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. |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sulten c
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse soltinn, originally the past participle of Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
Adjective edit
sulten (neuter singular sultent, definite singular and plural sultne, comparative sultnere, indefinite superlative sultnest, definite superlative sultneste)
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Noun edit
sulten m
See also edit
- svolten (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “sulten” in The Bokmål Dictionary.