tidig

Swedish

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Adjective

Declension of tidig

Inflections of tidig		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	tidig	tidigare		tidigast
	Neuter	tidigt
Definite singular	Masc.	tidige		tidigaste
	All	tidiga		tidigaste
Plural		tidiga		tidigaste

tidig

1. early; at a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

   Jag tog en tidig lunch idag, så jag har redan ätit.

   I took an early lunch today, so I've already eaten.

2. early; arriving a time before expected; sooner than on-time.

   Tidningsbudet var ovanligt tidigt idag - tidningen hade kommit redan innan jag vaknade.

   The paperboy was unusually early today - the newspaper had arrived already before I woke up.

3. early; near the start or beginning

   Goethe var en tidig romantiker.

   Goethe was an early romanticist.

   John tyckte egentligen om tidiga morgnar, men sov oftast igenom dem.

   John actually liked early mornings, but usually slept through them.

Antonyms

• sen

Related terms

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