hetsig

Swedish

Etymology

From German hitzig, from German Hitze (“heat”). Thus closely related to het and hetta, but despite superficial similarity not to hets and hetsa.

Adjective

hetsig (comparative hetsigare, superlative hetsigast)

1. heated, hot-blooded, irascible

   Synonyms: hetlevrad, kolerisk

2. frenzied, hurried

   Synonym: jäktad

Declension

Inflection of hetsig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	hetsig	hetsigare	hetsigast
Neuter singular	hetsigt	hetsigare	hetsigast
Plural	hetsiga	hetsigare	hetsigast
Masculine plural3	hetsige	hetsigare	hetsigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	hetsige	hetsigare	hetsigaste
All	hetsiga	hetsigare	hetsigaste
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

References

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