viktig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German wichtich.

Adjective

viktig (neuter singular viktig, definite singular and plural viktige, comparative viktigere, indefinite superlative viktigst, definite superlative viktigste)

1. important

Antonyms

• uviktig

Derived terms

• viktighet

References

• “viktig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German wichtich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪktɪ/

Adjective

viktig (neuter singular viktig, definite singular and plural viktige, comparative viktigare, indefinite superlative viktigast, definite superlative viktigaste)

1. important

Antonyms

• uviktig

References

• “viktig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

vikt +‎ -ig. Cognate with English weighty (“important”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɪktɪ(ɡ)/

• Audio:

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Adjective

viktig (comparative viktigare, superlative viktigast)

1. important, relevant, having priority (of an issue, a person of high status, or a person pretending to have high status)

Declension

Inflection of viktig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	viktig	viktigare	viktigast
Neuter singular	viktigt	viktigare	viktigast
Plural	viktiga	viktigare	viktigast
Masculine plural3	viktige	viktigare	viktigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	viktige	viktigare	viktigaste
All	viktiga	viktigare	viktigaste
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

Related terms

• oviktig
• viktighet

Further reading

• viktig in Svensk ordbok.