idog

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish idugher, iþogher, from archaic id (“hard work”).

Adjective

idog (comparative idogare, superlative idogast)

1. hardworking, industrious

Declension

Inflection of idog
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	idog	idogare	idogast
Neuter singular	idogt	idogare	idogast
Plural	idoga	idogare	idogast
Masculine plural3	idoge	idogare	idogast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	idoge	idogare	idogaste
All	idoga	idogare	idogaste
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

Related terms

• id
• idas
• idelig

References

• idog in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• idog in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• idog in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• idog in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• idhogher in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L