frivillig

Danish

Etymology

From fri (“free”) +‎ villig (“willing”), calque of German freiwillig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frivilˀi/, [ˈfʁ̥iˌʋilˀi]

Adjective

frivillig (neuter frivilligt, plural and definite singular attributive frivillige)

1. voluntary

   Antonym: ufrivillig

Inflection

Inflection of frivillig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	frivillig	mere frivillig	mest frivillig2
Indefinite neuter singular	frivilligt	mere frivillig	mest frivillig2
Plural	frivillige	mere frivillig	mest frivillig2
Definite attributive1	frivillige	mere frivillig	mest frivillige
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.

Derived terms

• frivillighed
• ufrivillig

Further reading

• “frivillig” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “frivillig” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Compare with German freiwillig

Adjective

frivillig (neuter singular frivillig, definite singular and plural frivillige)

1. voluntary

Adverb

frivillig

1. voluntarily

Antonyms

• ufrivillig

References

• “frivillig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• frivilleg (dialectal, contaminated by suffix -leg)

Etymology

From fri (“free”) +‎ villig (“willing”). Compare to Swedish frivillig, Danish frivillig and German freiwillig

Adjective

frivillig (neuter singular frivillig, definite singular and plural frivillige)

1. Alternative form of friviljug (“voluntary”)

Adverb

frivillig

1. Alternative form of friviljug (“voluntarily”)

Noun

frivillig m or f (definite singular and plural frivillige)

1. Alternative form of friviljug (“volunteer”)

References

• “frivillig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Adjective

frivillig (comparative frivilligare, superlative frivilligast)

1. voluntary
2. optional

   Synonym: valfri

Declension

Inflection of frivillig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	frivillig	frivilligare	frivilligast
Neuter singular	frivilligt	frivilligare	frivilligast
Plural	frivilliga	frivilligare	frivilligast
Masculine plural3	frivillige	frivilligare	frivilligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	frivillige	frivilligare	frivilligaste
All	frivilliga	frivilligare	frivilligaste
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

Antonyms

• ofrivillig

Noun

frivillig c

1. volunteer

Further reading

• frivillig in Svensk ordbok.