vettig
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
vet (“fat, grease”) + -ig (“-y”).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
vettig (comparative vettiger, superlative vettigst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of vettig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vettig | |||
| inflected | vettige | |||
| comparative | vettiger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vettig | vettiger | het vettigst het vettigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vettige | vettigere | vettigste |
| n. sing. | vettig | vettiger | vettigste | |
| plural | vettige | vettigere | vettigste | |
| definite | vettige | vettigere | vettigste | |
| partitive | vettigs | vettigers | — | |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From vett (“wit”) + -ig (“-y”). Compare obsolete sense of English witty.
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
vettig (comparative vettigare, superlative vettigast)
- reasonable, sensible
- Det låter vettigt
- That sounds reasonable
- Jag tror det är en rätt vettig plan
- I think it's a fairly sensible plan
- Han brukar vara rätt vettig
- He's usually a fairly reasonable guy
Declension edit
| Inflection of vettig | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | vettig | vettigare | vettigast |
| Neuter singular | vettigt | vettigare | vettigast |
| Plural | vettiga | vettigare | vettigast |
| Masculine plural3 | vettige | vettigare | vettigast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | vettige | vettigare | vettigaste |
| All | vettiga | vettigare | vettigaste |
| 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 | |||