Swedish edit

Etymology edit

o- +‎ nödig, like Danish unødig, Norwegian Bokmål unødig, Norwegian Nynorsk unødig and German unnötig.

Adjective edit

onödig (comparative onödigare, superlative onödigast)

  1. unnecessary, not needed
    Antonym: nödvändig

Declension edit

Inflection of onödig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular onödig onödigare onödigast
Neuter singular onödigt onödigare onödigast
Plural onödiga onödigare onödigast
Masculine plural3 onödige onödigare onödigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 onödige onödigare onödigaste
All onödiga onödigare onödigaste
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

Further reading edit