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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (quiet) and mod (mood, affect). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (arrogant), tålmodig (patient), ædelmodig (magnanimous), godmodig (kind, friendly), vemodig (melancholic), overmodig (overconfident), frimodig (candid, frank), mismodig (despondent), heltemodig (heroic).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige)

  1. melancholic

Declension

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Inflection of sagtmodig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sagtmodig 2
Indefinite neuter singular sagtmodigt 2
Plural sagtmodige 2
Definite attributive1 sagtmodige
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.

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