egentlig
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German ēgentlik (“actual”), related to Swedish egentlig, German eigentlich, Dutch eigenlijk. Derived from the adjective Middle Low German ēgen (“own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganaz, cf. Danish egen,German eigen, English own.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editegentlig
Inflection
editInflection of egentlig | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | egentlig | — | —2 |
Indefinite neuter singular | egentligt | — | —2 |
Plural | egentlige | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | egentlige | — | — |
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
editAdverb
editegentlig
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German egentlik.
Adjective
editegentlig (neuter singular egentlig, definite singular and plural egentlige)
Adverb
editegentlig
See also
edit- eigentleg (Nynorsk)
References
edit- “egentlig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɛˈjɛntlɪ(ɡ)/, (colloquial) /ɛˈjɛŋklɪ(ɡ)/
- Compare the colloquial pronunciation, where -änt becomes -enk, with äntligen and ordentlig.
Adjective
editegentlig (not comparable)
- real, actual
- Det går att dra den slutsatsen också men det egentliga budskapet var faktiskt allas lika värde.
- You can draw that conclusion as well but the real message was actually equality for everyone.
- (arithmetic, about fractions) proper
- Antonym: oegentlig
- proper, in the very strictest sense of the word.
- Egentliga Sverige är en term som användes för att beskriva Sverige exklusive dess erövrade områden.
- Sweden proper is a term that was used to talk about Sweden excluding its conquered areas.
Declension
editInflection of egentlig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | egentlig | — | — |
Neuter singular | egentligt | — | — |
Plural | egentliga | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | egentlige | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | egentlige | — | — |
All | egentliga | — | — |
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
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