duktig

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German duchtich, from Old Saxon *duhtig, from Proto-West Germanic *duhtīg (“strong, proficient”). Parallel borrowing with Danish dygtig, Norwegian dyktig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɵkːtɪɡ/

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Adjective

duktig (comparative duktigare, superlative duktigast)

1. skilled; clever; good; hard-working; diligent (showing "good" behavior, in an extended sense that includes both being good at something and behaving well)

Declension

Inflection of duktig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	duktig	duktigare	duktigast
Neuter singular	duktigt	duktigare	duktigast
Plural	duktiga	duktigare	duktigast
Masculine plural3	duktige	duktigare	duktigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	duktige	duktigare	duktigaste
All	duktiga	duktigare	duktigaste
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

Derived terms

• bror Duktig

Related terms

• duktigt (has an additional, unintuitive sense of "very (much)")

References

• duktig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• duktig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)