elendig
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German elendich, from Old Saxon elilendi. Cognate of German elend (“miserable”), Elend (“misery”) and Dutch ellende (“misery”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editelendig (neuter elendigt, plural and definite singular attributive elendige, comparative elendigere, superlative (predicative) elendigst, superlative (attributive) elendigste)
References
edit- “elendig” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪç] (standard)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): [ˈeːlɛndɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: elen‧dig
Adjective
editelendig (strong nominative masculine singular elendiger, comparative elendiger, superlative am elendigsten)
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist elendig | sie ist elendig | es ist elendig | sie sind elendig | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | elendiger | elendige | elendiges | elendige |
genitive | elendigen | elendiger | elendigen | elendiger | |
dative | elendigem | elendiger | elendigem | elendigen | |
accusative | elendigen | elendige | elendiges | elendige | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der elendige | die elendige | das elendige | die elendigen |
genitive | des elendigen | der elendigen | des elendigen | der elendigen | |
dative | dem elendigen | der elendigen | dem elendigen | den elendigen | |
accusative | den elendigen | die elendige | das elendige | die elendigen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein elendiger | eine elendige | ein elendiges | (keine) elendigen |
genitive | eines elendigen | einer elendigen | eines elendigen | (keiner) elendigen | |
dative | einem elendigen | einer elendigen | einem elendigen | (keinen) elendigen | |
accusative | einen elendigen | eine elendige | ein elendiges | (keine) elendigen |
Further reading
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German elendich.
Adjective
editelendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigere, indefinite superlative elendigst, definite superlative elendigste)
References
edit- “elendig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German elendich.
Adjective
editelendig (neuter singular elendig, definite singular and plural elendige, comparative elendigare, indefinite superlative elendigast, definite superlative elendigaste)
References
edit- “elendig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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