dristig

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste +‎ -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, driste +‎ -ig.

Adjective

dristig

1. bold, daring

Inflection

Inflection of dristig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	dristig	dristigere	dristigst2
Indefinite neuter singular	dristigt	dristigere	dristigst2
Plural	dristige	dristigere	dristigst2
Definite attributive1	dristige	dristigere	dristigste
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.

Synonyms

• tapper
• modig
• djærv
• frejdig

Derived terms

• dumdristig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German drîstich, from drîste +‎ -ich, from Old Saxon thrīsti, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī. By surface analysis, drista +‎ -ig.

Adjective

dristig (comparative dristigare, superlative dristigast)

1. bold, daring

Declension

Inflection of dristig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	dristig	dristigare	dristigast
Neuter singular	dristigt	dristigare	dristigast
Plural	dristiga	dristigare	dristigast
Masculine plural3	dristige	dristigare	dristigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	dristige	dristigare	dristigaste
All	dristiga	dristigare	dristigaste
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

Synonyms

• djärv
• tapper
• modig
• orädd
• frejdig

Derived terms

• dumdristig

Related terms

• drista

References

• dristig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dristig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dristig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dristig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)