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stygg

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse styggr.

Adjective

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stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggere, indefinite superlative styggest, definite superlative styggeste)

  1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
  2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse styggr. The noun is derived from the adjective.

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Adjective

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stygg (neuter singular stygt, definite singular and plural stygge, comparative styggare, indefinite superlative styggast, definite superlative styggaste)

  1. ugly (displeasing to the eye; not aesthetically pleasing)
  2. nasty; serious (of a wound or a cut)
  3. (chiefly dialect) naughty, bad (tending to misbehave or act badly)

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Noun

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stygg m (definite singular styggen, indefinite plural styggar, definite plural styggane)

  1. chills, a bad feeling; fright
  2. an ugly or nasty person or thing
  3. (by extension) devil, demon

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Swedish stygger, from Old Norse styggr.

Adjective

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stygg (comparative styggare, superlative styggast)

  1. naughty, mean, bad ((inclined towards) misbehaving or acting badly)
    en stygg pojke
    a naughty boy (same tone as in English – possibly suggestive)
  2. (colloquial) hideous, nasty

Declension

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Inflection of stygg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular stygg styggare styggast
Neuter singular styggt styggare styggast
Plural stygga styggare styggast
Masculine plural3 stygge styggare styggast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 stygge styggare styggaste
All stygga styggare styggaste
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
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