mastig

Swedish

Etymology

Cognate of German Mast (“fodder made of acorns”), English mast (“food for swine”), Dutch mast (“fodder”), suffixed with -ig.

Adjective

mastig (comparative mastigare, superlative mastigast)

1. (colloquial) heavy, large, good-sized

Usage notes

Typically used for describing meals.

Declension

Inflection of mastig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	mastig	mastigare	mastigast
Neuter singular	mastigt	mastigare	mastigast
Plural	mastiga	mastigare	mastigast
Masculine plural3	mastige	mastigare	mastigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	mastige	mastigare	mastigaste
All	mastiga	mastigare	mastigaste
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

See also

• bastant
• kraftig
• matig
• stabbig

References

• mastig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mastig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mastig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)