Danish edit

Etymology edit

From sparsom (scanty, sparing) +‎ -lig (adjective suffix).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sparsɔmˀəli/, [sb̥ɑˈsʌmˀl̩li]

Adjective edit

sparsommelig (neuter sparsommeligt, plural and definite singular attributive sparsommelige)

  1. thrifty, frugal

Inflection edit

Inflection of sparsommelig
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sparsommelig sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Indefinite neuter singular sparsommeligt sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Plural sparsommelige sparsommeligere sparsommeligst2
Definite attributive1 sparsommelige sparsommeligere sparsommeligste
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.

Derived terms edit

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

From sparsom +‎ -lig.

Adjective edit

sparsommelig (neuter singular sparsommelig, definite singular and plural sparsommelige)

  1. thrifty, frugal

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