trolig

Danish

Etymology

From tro (“belief”) +‎ -lig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /troːli/, [tˢʁ̥oːli]

Adjective

trolig

1. likely, credible

Inflection

Inflection of trolig
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	trolig	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	troligt	—	—2
Plural	trolige	—	—2
Definite attributive1	trolige	—	—
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.

Synonyms

• sandsynlig
• troværdig

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• trulig
• truleg (Nynorsk)

Etymology

From tro +‎ -lig.

Adjective

trolig

1. likely, probable

Adverb

trolig

1. probably, presumably

Synonyms

• sannsynligvis/sannsynlegvis
• antakeligvis/antageligvis

Swedish

Adjective

trolig (comparative troligare, superlative troligast)

1. probable, plausible

Declension

Inflection of trolig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	trolig	troligare	troligast
Neuter singular	troligt	troligare	troligast
Plural	troliga	troligare	troligast
Masculine plural3	trolige	troligare	troligast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	trolige	troligare	troligaste
All	troliga	troligare	troligaste
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

Anagrams

• roligt