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Etymology edit

Equivalent to van- (badly) +‎ vittig (minded) or rather vanvid (insanity) +‎ -ig. After Middle Low German wanwittich, cf. also German wahnwitzig.

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Adjective edit

vanvittig (neuter vanvittigt, plural and definite singular attributive vanvittige)

  1. insane

Inflection edit

Inflection of vanvittig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular vanvittig vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Indefinite neuter singular vanvittigt vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Plural vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigst2
Definite attributive1 vanvittige vanvittigere vanvittigste
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.

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Adverb edit

vanvittig

  1. insanely, madly
  2. extremely

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

Related to vanvidd

Adjective edit

vanvittig (neuter singular vanvittig, definite singular and plural vanvittige)

  1. crazy, insane, mad

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