adlig
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- adelig (somewhat less common)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈaːdlɪk/ (most speakers in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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Adjective edit
adlig (strong nominative masculine singular adliger, comparative adliger, superlative am adligsten)
- highborn, noble (of noble ancestry)
- (relational) nobility
Declension edit
Positive forms of adlig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist adlig | sie ist adlig | es ist adlig | sie sind adlig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adliger | adlige | adliges | adlige |
genitive | adligen | adliger | adligen | adliger | |
dative | adligem | adliger | adligem | adligen | |
accusative | adligen | adlige | adliges | adlige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adlige | die adlige | das adlige | die adligen |
genitive | des adligen | der adligen | des adligen | der adligen | |
dative | dem adligen | der adligen | dem adligen | den adligen | |
accusative | den adligen | die adlige | das adlige | die adligen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adliger | eine adlige | ein adliges | (keine) adligen |
genitive | eines adligen | einer adligen | eines adligen | (keiner) adligen | |
dative | einem adligen | einer adligen | einem adligen | (keinen) adligen | |
accusative | einen adligen | eine adlige | ein adliges | (keine) adligen |
Comparative forms of adlig
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist adliger | sie ist adliger | es ist adliger | sie sind adliger | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | adligerer | adligere | adligeres | adligere |
genitive | adligeren | adligerer | adligeren | adligerer | |
dative | adligerem | adligerer | adligerem | adligeren | |
accusative | adligeren | adligere | adligeres | adligere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der adligere | die adligere | das adligere | die adligeren |
genitive | des adligeren | der adligeren | des adligeren | der adligeren | |
dative | dem adligeren | der adligeren | dem adligeren | den adligeren | |
accusative | den adligeren | die adligere | das adligere | die adligeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein adligerer | eine adligere | ein adligeres | (keine) adligeren |
genitive | eines adligeren | einer adligeren | eines adligeren | (keiner) adligeren | |
dative | einem adligeren | einer adligeren | einem adligeren | (keinen) adligeren | |
accusative | einen adligeren | eine adligere | ein adligeres | (keine) adligeren |
Superlative forms of adlig
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ādliġ
Declension edit
Declension of ādliġ — Strong
Declension of ādliġ — Weak
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ádlíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1560 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. The form adelig is the most common form until the end of the 18th century. From adel (“nobility”) + -ig (“-y”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
adlig (not comparable)
- Belonging to the nobility.
- Man såg på hennes dyra kläder att hon var adlig.
- You could tell by her expensive clothing that she was noble.
- Characteristic of nobility.
Declension edit
Inflection of adlig | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | adlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | adligt | — | — |
Plural | adliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | adlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | adlige | — | — |
All | adliga | — | — |
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 |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- adlig in Svensk ordbok.