aptitlig

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German appetitlich. Cognate of Danish appetitlig. By surface analysis, aptit +‎ -lig. Compare English appetizing, French appétissant.

Adjective

aptitlig (comparative aptitligare, superlative aptitligast)

  1. (somewhat higher register) appetizing, savory, (in the perhaps more UK sense) palatable

Declension

Inflection of aptitlig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular aptitlig aptitligare aptitligast
neuter singular aptitligt aptitligare aptitligast
plural aptitliga aptitligare aptitligast
masculine plural2 aptitlige aptitligare aptitligast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 aptitlige aptitligare aptitligaste
all aptitliga aptitligare aptitligaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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